"Jim Michaels" wrote in message
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On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:28:07 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Jim Michaels wrote:
Are you trying to say that all sockets on radials are capable of
carrying the full rating of that radial as a continuous load?
Because
this doesn't seem to be the case in most counties.

It certainly is in the US.


Any single socket on a circuit is capable of the full capacity of the
circuit.

So you have one socket outlet per radial circuit?

Sometimes, not usually.

Err, please explain this. If you have a 10 amp socket (for example) the
radial must be protected by a 10 amp MCB, etc. If you have more than one
10 amp socket, then either the radial will trip if you try to load both to
10 amps, or a 20 amp MCB and wiring would allow a 10 amp socket to be
overloaded by your resident idiot.

You are basically correct.

Clearer phrasing...
Any SINGLE socket or a combination of sockets on a circuit can be
loaded to the rating of the circuit.


big snip of interesting exchanges ...

I've been browsing at the posts in this thread ...
it suddenly dawned on me, why - in most USAian TV shows -
albeit mostly filmed in Canada -
whenever somebody is offered tea, the actor pours water
from a kettle boiling on a hob. I can't remember when
I, or my acquaintances, didn't use an electric kettle -
hang on ! I _do_ remember! It was in 1987! On the morning of
the hurricane strike; I uncovered the kettle from the
back of the cupboard -blew off the dust - and put in on the
gas hob ... course I had to strike a match 'cos the 'leccy
was off!


Different folks, different volts/stokes - different appliances!

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Brian