Socket too low but cable to short to move.

[ban-all-sheds]

A more pertinent line of enquiry would be:

The BS1363 requirement is 20A.

Why
?

Let's not go there again.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The BS1363 requirement is 20A. Therefore it cannot be stated that the rating of a socket outlet is otherwise.

Of course it can, by the maker, if he has made one which is.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I don't think anyone has pointed out that 2.5mm² T&E actually has a rating (method C) of 27A.

More, if you feel that 30°C is an inappropriate ambient temperature to use.

 

[JohnW2]

A more pertinent line of enquiry would be: .... Why?

... and, whilst you are 'enquiring', maybe another pertinent line of enquiry relates to (as implied in my last post) why BS1363 requires a double socket to pass a test with 14A flowing through one of its ("13A") outlets!

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

For how long will a 13A BS 1362 allow 14A to flow?

 

[JohnW2]

'For ever'. Per previous discussions, it takes around 22A to ever blow a 13A BS1362.

 

[plugwash]

A more pertinent line of enquiry would be:

Why
?

The clear assumption of the whole system is that load will be spread around. That it is unlikely that two max-size loads will be used in the same place at same time and thus it is generally reasonable to have a ring circuit with spurs where the cable and accessories are only rated at two-thirds the rating of the protective device.

 

[JohnW2]

The clear assumption of the whole system is that load will be spread around. That it is unlikely that two max-size loads will be used in the same place at same time and thus it is generally reasonable to have a ring circuit with spurs where the cable and accessories are only rated at two-thirds the rating of the protective device.

... a few months have passed

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

...where the cable and accessories are only rated at two-thirds the rating of the protective device.

It used to officially be ⅔.