"Leonard Caillouet" wrote in message
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| "w_tom" wrote in message
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| Most appliances draw hardly any power. One could easily put
| four electronic appliances onto the same wall receptacle and
| still not even consume 1/4 of what that wall receptacle must
| supply. Number of appliances connected to a wall receptacle
| is irrelevant as is the fuse in each cord. If all fuses are 15
| amps or less, then no overloading is possible.
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| Wrong! Unsafe advise! It is entirely possible to overload a circuit with
| multiple appliances. According to what you are saying you could connect
an
| infinite number of correctly operating devices and not overload the
circuit!
| You have come up with some bull**** before but this tops it all. Defining
| new laws of physics now? Just what typical appliances have fuses greater
| than 15 amps?
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| Number of appliances is irrelevant? Give me a break! It is the total
draw
| of the connected appliances that is relevant, and the max possible of each
| should be considered. Fuses are for protection in the event of failure in
| each unit, not to assure that overloading a circuit under normal or max
| operating conditions is prevented.

He's in the UK. Over there, all devices have a max 13 amp fuse in the plug.
This would include the extension leads.

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