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food processor/electrical connection?

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  • victor2
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    It will be "double insulated" and will only have two wires. If you're happy wiring up a standard UK plug, cut the existing plug off and go for it. Put a 3 amp fuse in the plug.
    If not, an adaptor like the one linked to above is the next best option.

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  • 78daniel
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    Thanks for your help, I do have plugs which I cut off various appliances which were faulty and I had to dispose of them.
    However I believe the easiest option would be to buy the adapter. 
      However that has a 5amp fuse  , would that be OK 
  • victor2
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    78daniel said:
    Thanks for your help, I do have plugs which I cut off various appliances which were faulty and I had to dispose of them.
    However I believe the easiest option would be to buy the adapter. 
      However that has a 5amp fuse  , would that be OK 
    A 5 amp fuse will be OK. You will be able to change it anyway if you want. Depending what appliances the old plugs you have came from, one might have a lower rated fuse in it. If they are moulded plugs, chuck 'em away (except the fuses!). If they are the good old screwed together ones, they could be worth keeping.

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  • 78daniel
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    Moulded plugs  usually take out including wire from appliance. 
     But I do have few older screw type ones.

  • casper_gutman
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    edited 11 April 2022 at 9:25PM
    78daniel said:
    However that has a 5amp fuse  , would that be OK 
    They also sell the same one with a 3 A fuse, as it happens. https://cpc.farnell.com/powerconnections/fcp-bk-3a/converter-plug-european-black/dp/PL09954
  • Eldi_Dos
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    78daniel said:
    Moulded plugs  usually take out including wire from appliance. 
     But I do have few older screw type ones.

    Did I read that correctly that you disconnect wire from old appliances and keep moulded plugs with wire still attached.Not something I would ever do, seems a dangerous thing to have lying around
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  • fenwick458
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    not sure how we got onto this but if anyone's cutting moulded plugs off you show keep them safe, or hit them with a hammer to bend the pins so they can't be inserted into a socket even if they get thrown on the bin

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12752128
  • 78daniel
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    i'll get rid of the wired, moulded plugs, don't really know why i kept them as i have never needed to use any of them.
    guess i'm a hoarder thinking they'll come in handy one day
    thanks to all for your info
  • Risteard
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    fenwick458 said:
    not sure how we got onto this but if anyone's cutting moulded plugs off you show keep them safe, or hit them with a hammer to bend the pins so they can't be inserted into a socket even if they get thrown on the bin

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12752128

    I always remove the fuse and then bend the pins to make them unusable. I would consider it negligent not to.
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