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I wouldn’t buy one.
Well it works...
The Commando Socket has a breaker fuse on the Gateway...
... the pressure washer has a fuse on the plug...
What could possibly go wrong
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I wouldn’t buy one.
OK ill bite..... either the fuse will blow or the breaker will cut out... Im hoping its not a trick questionWell it works...
The Commando Socket has a breaker fuse on the Gateway...
... the pressure washer has a fuse on the plug...
What could possibly go wrong
OK ill bite..... either the fuse will blow or the breaker will cut out... Im hoping its not a trick question
I guess you don’t get the concept of fuses.
Try making a cup of tea whilst doing the ironing from the same socket.
Most people don’t understand the purpose of the fuses… and that’s not surprising or unreasonable. Yes, they’re there to protect the cabling not the device plugged into it. (But you hadn’t understood either until your electrician explained that your own proposal needed additional protection…)Just in case you are not playing silly buggers and for those that might think that that cable is a good idea.
The 32a breaker for the commando (assume its 32a as thats what the commando socket is) will not protect the extension cables 2.5mm cable that will be rated at 20 or so amps.
You have a double socket with a total capacity that potentially can exceed the rating of the cable. Whilst a single device may be max 13a fused, 2 devices would potentially exceed the rating of the cable and the individual fuses are rated each too low to be protecting the cable.
With a normal extension cable, its fused in the plug of the extension cable, or sometimes additionally in the extension cable socket. This is what is protecting the extension cable. But in the case of the commando setup, there is no fuse, nor one in your double socket, so the only fuse in play here with the potential to protect the cable is the main circuit breaker, but that's probably rated at 32a so won't protect the cable either.
So using it to boil a kettle whilst doing the ironing, make some toast etc, you have a potential 6kW, ~25a load.
When I was planning on doing a similar thing, but with a fixed installation, the electrician insisted that the double 13a socket needed to be protected with an additional breaker between that and the commando socket.
Now, if it was a 16a commando, then the cable would be protected by the 16a breaker of the commando socket.
24 ampsJust in case you are not playing silly buggers and for those that might think that that cable is a good idea.
The 32a breaker for the commando (assume its 32a as thats what the commando socket is) will not protect the extension cables 2.5mm cable that will be rated at 20 or so amps.
I think this illustrates my point about continuous load of an EV charger vs "normal use". the kettle will only run a few minutes, the iron will run in 30-60 second pulses. While the 2.5mm cable would be under-rated for the ampage, you're likely to get away with it because the loads won't be high for long enough for heat to build up.So using it to boil a kettle whilst doing the ironing, make some toast etc, you have a potential 6kW, ~25a load.
(But you hadn’t understood either until your electrician explained that your own proposal needed additional protection…)
Just in case you are not playing silly buggers and for those that might think that that cable is a good idea.
The 32a breaker for the commando (assume its 32a as thats what the commando socket is) will not protect the extension cables 2.5mm cable that will be rated at 20 or so amps.
You have a double socket with a total capacity that potentially can exceed the rating of the cable. Whilst a single device may be max 13a fused, 2 devices would potentially exceed the rating of the cable and the individual fuses are rated each too low to be protecting the cable.
With a normal extension cable, its fused in the plug of the extension cable, or sometimes additionally in the extension cable socket. This is what is protecting the extension cable. But in the case of the commando setup, there is no fuse, nor one in your double socket, so the only fuse in play here with the potential to protect the cable is the main circuit breaker, but that's probably rated at 32a so won't protect the cable either.
So using it to boil a kettle whilst doing the ironing, make some toast etc, you have a potential 6kW, ~25a load.
When I was planning on doing a similar thing, but with a fixed installation, the electrician insisted that the double 13a socket needed to be protected with an additional breaker between that and the commando socket.
Now, if it was a 16a commando, then the cable would be protected by the 16a breaker of the commando socket.