Re: Two cables in one plug ?

"Roger T." <rogertra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:b20e2806c2ed13e522beed121f048bdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

>
> "E. Lee Dickinson" <
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>> Frank seems to imply that the Brittish system is safer? How? My
>> in-wall wiring is protected by having a rating matched to the rating
>> of the breaker. Anything plugged in to the wall outlet is, obviously,
>> going to have a smaller rating, and thus melt before the breaker. I
>> can't figure how else it could be done.
>
> In North America, for example, most codes state that you can only load
> a circuit to 80% of its maximum, i.e., 12amps for a 15 amp circuit.
> However, nobody ever tells the home owners of this. The average home
> owner thinks, as they should, "15 amp circuit, good for 15 amps."

Because this is bull***. It ain't so. A 15 amp circuit is invariably
good for 15 amps. What is RECOMMENDED is that you only LOAD IT up to
80%; so if you have an outlet that is usually going to have a full 15amp
load, spec that circuit at 20amps.

But in these united states, any 15 amp breaker that fails at 12 amps is a
faulty breaker.

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> In the UK, I understand that say a 15amp circuit is good for a 15amp
> load 24/7/365, from now until Hell freezes over. That's how it
> should be.
>
> Ever wonder why an electric kettle in North America and it takes 3
> minutes at least to boil and cord gets hot to the touch, while the
> same kettle in the UK boils in 90 seconds and the cord stays cold?
>

It has a lot to do with the fact that we're 115 volts and they are
240volts.




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