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Originally Posted by ZrByte
Ok, My bad, im sure its higher though, since pretty much all monitors use kettle leads anyway most people dont use the lead they come with so that bit about it being for a reason is niether here nor there though.
If the Machine is as old as Bexy says she may well be using a cable to the PC's PSU anyway and thus wouldnt need to change the fuse.
Thanks though  I prefer it when people point out my mistakes rather than criticise me behind my back  |
Just for your ref...
A kettle lead is known as a hot cable and usualy has a fuse rated at 13amps as a normal kettle will use about 3kw (around 11 amps)
As abailey152 states - pc systems use lower rated cables. These cables are often known as cold cables and dont have any thermal protection. Most of these cables are rated at 6amps so if you inserted a 13amp fuse into the plug and then proceded to draw 10 amps of current the cable will overheat and may cause a fire.
Hope this gives you a bit more info.