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nickblake
I wouldnt follow the manufacturers instruction if they didnt comply with the Regs just like the post i put up a few months ago about wrapping tape round terminal block for lights going into the loft
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Actually Engineer 54 part p states that manufacturers instructions must be followed not me
All I can say is the first time I came across one of these microwaves, I thought "that'll be OK, I'll just put a plug on it and plug it in". It wasn't long before the continually blowing fuse suggested that we should have followed the instructions. I've had them knock out 16A breakers in normal operation and had to fit C types to overcome it, hence why a number of them specify a 20A dedicated circuit with a double pole isolating switch with 3mm seperation on the contacts.
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Including the "Caple" appliances I was connecting just yesterday!
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