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| mendip_discovery:
Ah, I must have missed that. I was speaking to a electrical engineer a few months back and he said that the plans were coming in but the building developers are not keen on it. |
| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: mendip_discovery on December 25, 2022, 10:00:06 am ---You know, three phase the the housing estates to help cope with the demand --- End quote --- They already have three phase. --- Quote from: mendip_discovery on December 25, 2022, 10:24:15 am ---Ah, I must have missed that. I was speaking to a electrical engineer a few months back and he said that the plans were coming in but the building developers are not keen on it. --- End quote --- Of course they're not keen on it, that means spending money. |
| Alti:
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on December 24, 2022, 12:59:25 pm ---All Schukos (..) So even to this day, new installs use 16A fusing, totally unsuitable for the socket and plug. --- End quote --- It is also worth noting 16A circuit breakers compliant with IEC 60898-1, are not guaranteed to trip at 23.1A loads for indefinitely long (if MCB is what you describe by "fusing"). Also, circuit breakers are selected for protection of the wiring, neither the appliance nor the plug nor socket. Wiring only. You cannot expect this protection, by design, another words. I think the protection of socket/plug and downstream appliance relies on the unlikeliness of overload in this setup. There is either open circuit (no fire), nominal load (no fire) or short circuit (no fire because 16A MCB is suitable). I like the idea of UK plug, polarization and the fact there is a selective overload protection. I wish I could buy a Schuko with standard fuse-holder built-in but that would have required two fuses and twice the power dissipated. |
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