Good website discussing extension leads, plugs and fuses in simple terms.

[68c]

Found this website while replying to Gents question regarding EHU cable length.
As in the title it discusses extension leads etc in simple terms. Follow up the various links in the text. I thought the information was well laid out with photos showing problems.

 

[LesW]

Got a link?

 

[Tombola]

is it all printed in white

 

[Otter Spotter]

Written by the invisible man in invisible ink

 

[kevenh]

Could be this

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[Ingwe]

Or this….

 

[bigtwin]

Well, I haven’t spotted any errors in it yet.

Ian

 

[68c]

I was feeling quite smug until the big boys set on me. I was going to claim old age as the reason for forgetting the link, of course that is most folk on this forum so that won't work

Maximum cable lengths

The 13A extension leads provided on the website are a maximum length of 25m (15m for hot tub leads). This is not an arbitrary length, but one set with due consideration to cable resistance and voltage drop. Cable Length Imagine watering your garden with a 20m hose pipe. The hose pipe exerts...

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