On 05/11/2020 16:58, charles wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Martin Brown wrote:
A fire investigator would take a dim view of it though if there was a
fire that appeared to have started inside that cupboard.

Can you explain why? Don't see how it is anymore of a fire hazard than two
plugs and sockets. Unless the combined load is at the maximum - which in
this case it isn't.

It's the bending moment exerted on the socket which could well lead to a
loose connection and possible arcing.

I think that is stretching it a bit!

2 of 0.5mm^2 twin flexes will weigh far less than a single 3 core
1.5mm^5 flex, which is what you will find on plenty of high current
appliances.


But then any fixed appliance shouldn't be on a plug anyway.

some of them are powered by wallworts, so can't avoid it.

Indeed - although it does depend on what you mean by a fixed appliance.

I have never seen a rack of servers hardwired into FCUs :-)



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Cheers,

John.

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