"Goo Goo" wrote in message
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"Andrew Chesters" wrote in message
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What the feck are you on?
Hardcore drugs...

Just because you have a 13,10 or 3 amp fuse DOES NOT MEAN the item will
draw that current. The fuse just protects the cable from overload. To
find the current drawn, have a look on the back of your equipment and
read the plate where the voltage and current will be specified.

The back of the video says 67w... No 'maximum amps used: 500 mAmps' like
on the printer adapter....

Argh so rubbish and hard


The bottom line is all the electrical energy you get from a socket turns
into heat in the room.
13 amps is over 3KW - which you'd probably notice.

The one exceptional circumstance is the switch on surge of electric motors
etc. 3 fridges on the thing /might/ blow a fuse if you switched the 10 way
on with all 3 plugged in.

The key thing here is it DIDN'T blow a fuse.

What I would do is plug something robust into the 10 way and the other
socket - a couple of lamps maybe ... and pull on the 10 way slightly.

As I said in my other post, It's my guess the wires in the back of the
socket are loose.

You don't sound very /au fait/ with things electrical so I'd advise you get
someone else to take a look at it (and maybe the rest of your wiring)