"Shawn D'Alimonte" wrote in message
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| Leonard Caillouet wrote:
|
| That still does not make the load irrelevant. Those fuses are only of
use
| in the case of a short in a unit. The capacity of the circuit is not
| unlimited.
|
| I think what was meant was that the number of devices plugged in does
| not matter as long as the total load is kept under the rating of the
| circuit (and the rating of any extension cords, power bars, etc.)
|
| For example, a normal North American 15A circuit can supply 1 15A
| device, 15 1A devices or 100 0.15A devices.
|
| A computer is probably around 600W max, which at 220V (The original post
| was from Britain, right?) is a bit under 3A. If the circuit can take
| 13A you could plug in 4 of those computers without a problem (assuming
| nothing else is connected).

In the UK I believe the voltage is 230 VAC nominal, and the max fuse is a
13A. ISTR that's sized for a particular cable, possibly the old 7/.029
copper.

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