Hello Gary, Sounds like your making a case for the wider adoption of the UK system with fused plugs rated to protect the power cord
Nick Rouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McInturff" <[email protected]> To: "EMC-PSTC (E-mail)" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:06 PM Subject: skinny power cords. > > > Fuses and breakers etc, are provided to protect the wiring > downstream from these devices. A 15 amp breaker is allowed to have 14 AWG > wire attached and run all though my house, and terminates in a 15 amp rated > receptacle - parallel blade with ground pin. > Why then can I plug in a computer that has only a 6 or 10 amp rated > power cord? Surely, its not because the computer has supplemental fusing at > 2 amps or whatever. That 2 amp fuse can't protect the wiring between it and > the 15 amp breaker in my garage from prolonged operation at 15 amps. The > breaker is completely happy running at that value so the wire just sits > there and cooks! > One would think that any cord rated less than 15 amps, would have > to be terminated in a plug that doesn't mate with the wall outlet, much like > a 15 amp connector plugged into a 20 amp outlet. > Gary > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Michael Garretson: [email protected] > Dave Heald [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
