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[deviator]

https://www.russandrews.com/13a-superfuse-mains-plug-fuse-single/

No explanation of what it does, but the reviewers are very happy.

Snake oil anyone?

[Viral_Jim]

Yup, a trap for the unwary or the stupid.

[VXL V6]

There's always been a lot of talk of higher specification power cables and plugs for high end Hi-Fi components..... the problem as I see it is that putting a higher quality bit of wire, plug or fuse on the end of most household ring mains or radials is laughable when you look a bit closer at how poor those installations are - especially if Mr (Mrs?) jack of all trades handyman has been busy bodging on spurs etc all over the place.

[Viral_Jim]

If you read that 'magazine review' the website talks about (actually just someone's blog), in the comments you'll see that they are actually Bussmann fuses (£1.90 for 10 at Toolstation) that have been given the company's 'Super Burn' treatment. 

Details of this treatment are not disclosed, but presumably they involve applying a black and silver self adhesive label followed by bringing the fuse into close proximity with someone who has more money than sense.

It's probably worth pointing out at this juncture that placebos have a greater effect the more expensive they are to purchase 

[dave the builder]

Might replace all my cheap fuses when my Nigerian investment money gets transferred over
thanks for the link 

[Andy B]

Bargain a twice the price ..... 

[Kevin Wood]

It's Russ Andrews (= expensive snake oil for the gullible). Makes Bose stuff look well engineered and fantastic value.

[Lizzie Zoom]

A 13 amp fuse is just that, to protect a cable up to that rating.

You would be bloody mad to think you could somehow "up-grade cable" and exceed 13 amp loading just because these fuses are rated "Super fuse"!!

[Entwood]

A 13 amp fuse is just that, to protect a cable up to that rating.

You would be bloody mad to think you could somehow "up-grade cable" and exceed 13 amp loading just because these fuses are rated "Super fuse"!!

One would think so, but on my degree course a large part of one module was taken up with "fuses" !!  In the lab we could consistently get a 13 amp fuse to take up to 25 amps without blowing, especially if the current was increased slowly, pulsed and cooling applied to the "fuse" !!  So called "fast blow" fuses would regularly fail at around 11 amps !

Remember .. a fuse "blowing" is simply the wire overheating and melting ... the quality of the wire, the rate of heat dissapation v the rate of heat application, and even the style, quality and position of the fuse holder all make a big difference to the actual thermodynamics of the item !!

The other thing folks forget is a 13 amp fuse is designed to CARRY 13 amps .. not fail at 13 amps .. it should fail at 13+ a tad .. but they all have "leeway" depending on how well they are made.

If fuses were as good as some folk think they are then electrical items would never catch fire ...  but they do, with regular, and dangerous, monotony

[omegod]

I thought this was about the bombing of Stanley airports runway in the Falklands for a second, disappointing to be honest 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I thought that the DTM fella had started wearing a cape!   

[VXL V6]

I thought this was about the bombing of Stanley airports runway in the Falklands for a second, disappointing to be honest 

Superfuse! Now where's that Victor tanker?

[Shackeng]

A wealthy close friend is a sucker for this type of marketing, and will not buy anything unless he has paid top whack for it.

[Lizzie Zoom]

A 13 amp fuse is just that, to protect a cable up to that rating.

You would be bloody mad to think you could somehow "up-grade cable" and exceed 13 amp loading just because these fuses are rated "Super fuse"!!

If fuses were as good as some folk think they are then electrical items would never catch fire ...  but they do, with regular, and dangerous, monotony

But a fuse is there to protect the cable not the appliance, although when a fuse does blow due to a fault in the appliance it can save both.  Although, yes, often appliances can still catch fire and burn your house down!
 

[omegod]

I thought this was about the bombing of Stanley airports runway in the Falklands for a second, disappointing to be honest 

Superfuse! Now where's that Victor tanker?

Indeed, was rather a close shave