On 2015-06-03, dennis@home wrote:

On 02/06/2015 21:02, Adam Funk wrote:
On 2015-05-30, dennis@home wrote:

On 30/05/2015 22:11, John Rumm wrote:

So a user has to know what design decisions have been made so he can
avoid doing something that compromises them.

The user will have to trust that the designer and installer had a clue,
or else they might risk having shorter than expected service life from
their cable or sockets.

But the users doesn't know the rules and may well put several high
demand loads on for days at a time, say heaters and dehumidifiers after
a flood as you appear to think no one would ever have a reason to do so.

The highest power domestic dehumidifier I've seen is 600 W (including
the built-in pump).


I actually have a ~2300W one, not really domestic though and unused for
a while now. Its really a split AC unit but it dehumidifies as well.

Ah well, in that case I can see why you need a lot of dedicated socket
circuits. :-P