On Friday, 28 February 2020 18:13:58 UTC, Phil Allison wrote:
tabby:

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why would a fridge [need to be] be on its own dedicated outlet?
Such a thing is unheard of here.


** IME, it is common practice here ( Australia ) to put fridges and freezers on a dedicated circuit since they often have high levels of leakage to earth.

I'm not aware of ours suffering that. Why do they have alot of leakage?


That circuit would also not be under control on an ELCB or similar.

Otherwise, the ELCB needs to be set at an hazardous trip current to avoid outages and food spoilage.