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On 28/05/2015 12:08, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , The Natural Philosopher
escribió:

anyone who fuses a ring at more than the
capacity of a single wire in the ring is a fool.


So the millions of rings installed since they were introduced were
designed and installed by fools? Rings are protected by 32A breakers,
yet each leg uses 2.5mm^2 cable rated to 16A.


Rated at 27A down to a minimum of 20A



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