Is it OK to run a single oven (2500W) and a microwave (2800W) off a double socket. Both have standard 13A plugs attached
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The 2kW rule makes sense with immersion heaters, tumble driers, and electric fires all which can run for an extended time.
It's recommended and best practice. To actually tell someone not to do it is disgraceful negligence. I guess you just do the bare minimum job you can get away with?![]()
So you are suggesting BS1363 plugs are not good enough for their rated value?
As so often discussed, that's the problem- no-one seems to know. Even MK were unable to give me a satisfactory answer in relation to their double sockets.Would you care to document the current carrying capacity of a double socket outlet and confirm that it would be suitable for the two loads that the OP has detailed?
I know, I was just wondering if Winston had one of his staggering insights into this…..![]()
No, the guideline is that they not be supplied by a ring final. (We need an insight to know that this is oneThe guideline is that any load of over 2000W should have its own separate circuit.
No, the standard requires that a dual 13A socket is not damaged by overheating when it supplies 20A for an extended period.I note that MK sockets without any filters RCD or other specials are rated 13A per outlet but the standard is I think only requiring manufacturer to market a socket which allows 20A for the pair.
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