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The 3a fuse is a habit from pat testing where rewirable plug tops on items <700w should have 3a fuses. Anything else 13a.
Plug tops are not rewireable, plugs are. You are not very bright are you?
But anyway that is rubbish. Many items below 700w have switch on surges that would instantly blow a 3 amp fuse. Anyone who decides on a fuse on the running load of an appliance is not very bright.
The fuse is to protect the cable not the appliance. As such a 13 amp fuse would be OK on most appliances, or in Europe the 16amp MCB feeding the circuit.