I'm pretty sure I ordered a 13 amp one, but I'll know to be sure on the next one. I'll buy a decent plug for the other one, cut the reel off the other end and put a decent socket on it. The home one can go in the bin. I'm moreworried about the wall socket at home though, it looks a bit singed...A lot of small domestic style extension leads are only rated at 6A. That, and probably coming from China...
No filament bulbs in use! LED striplights at work and low energy at home, so no way of knowing!Could the supply voltage have gone high, and increased the load? Are there any conventional filament bulbs that look unusually bright?
A drop in line voltage to a resistive heater would decrease the load.
...and dont assme because its got 4 outlets any are capable of 13amps.A lot of small domestic style extension leads are only rated at 6A. That, and probably coming from China...
I'd be tempted to check your home voltage, I would.Could the supply voltage have gone high, and increased the load? Are there any conventional filament bulbs that look unusually bright?
A drop in line voltage to a resistive heater would decrease the load.
gone high or gone low?Could the supply voltage have gone high, and increased the load? Are there any conventional filament bulbs that look unusually bright?
A drop in line voltage to a resistive heater would decrease the load.
The trouble is, it may be fine now and drop at random tomorrow and I'd have no way of knowing. I'll get some decent plugs and sockets and a decent lead for home.I'd be tempted to check your home voltage, I would.
I bet it didn't! When I lived in Indonesia, many years ago, we always used voltage stabilisers as the power supply was dreadful and our PC's didn't like it either. . I've seen inside an Indonesian power station, so I know why too. Thank god they don't have nuclear is all I can say. Anyway, you could hear the stabiliser screaming up and down all the time trying to keep up!Many, many years ago, our neighbour in Devon had something similar, he ended up with this box monitoring mains voltage from the 'leccy company, produced hundreds of meters of paper reel with a wobbly line on it, they then eventually found and fixed the problem of supply variation.
He was an audio nut, and his posh stack system didn't like it.
If the resistive load has a constant 'resistance', then a relationship like "volts = current x resistance" works, so the current drawn is volts divided be resistance. If volts drop, the current drawn drops. With resistive elements, it's alittle more involved, because the temperature changes the resistance of the wire (hotter = higher resistance).gone high or gone low?
electricity does confuse me sometimes.
I thought if the voltage dropped the current increased, and vice versa.
it's possible I'm utterly wrong, it has been known....
That really doesn't help my understanding, but thanks for trying.If the resistive load has a constant 'resistance', then a relationship like "volts = current x resistance" works, so the current drawn is volts divided be resistance. If volts drop, the current drawn drops. With resistive elements, it's alittle more involved, because the temperature changes the resistance of the wire (hotter = higher resistance).
a 3kw heater plugged in direct without the lead can burn the plug out. the pins in your sockets will be worn. id suggest fit new plug and the socket you plug in to as it will be weakened and the contacts burn and softened .dont run them on any extension lead or adapterNo, neither have been dragged around. I just checked the home one and it is 3kw, but surely on its own that shouldn't overload a four socket fused six foot lead? It's been used all through the winter incidentally.
You can't imagine what we get up to in the winter with little fan heaters plugged into boats looped together, all running off 100m of extension cables, etc, never had an issue, well maybe a couple, but never like the opening post.a 3kw heater plugged in direct without the lead can burn the plug out. the pins in your sockets will be worn. id suggest fit new plug and the socket you plug in to as it will be weakened and the contacts burn and softened .dont run them on any extension lead or adapter
Coincidence maybe. But many extension leads are incredibly flimsy and most aren't up to continuous high loads - both in terms of cable thickness and rubbish socket contacts. High continuous load on a cheap extension lead is a fire waiting to happen.
seen it so many times bad sockets overheated and meltedive seen loads on extension leads and adaptors and plugged in direct to a socket. i get to replace them in folks houses same as tumble driers plugged in