"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article om,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:07:04 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

As has been pointed out, all flexes have to be capable of
carrying
somewhat more than 13 amps as a fault condition.

Hum, 0.75mm flex (2192Y type stuff) is 6A rated. This is the very
common two core oval flex, you can get it in 0.5mm 3A as well...

Yes, and such flexs are limited to 2 or 3 metres so the

Who says, seeing that one can buy it off the real in the DIY sheds.

The lamp or what ever might well come with only two meters of flex,
but who knows if it won't be replaced with a longer length of the
same section.