Date   : Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:21:05 +0100
From   : afra@... (afra@...)
Subject: Retro Reunited: Econet Cabling, Demos, etc.

Quoting Darren Grant <darren.grant@...>:

> On 19/08/2009 13:59, "Ian Stocks" <bbcmicro@...> wrote:
>
>> Whilst we are talking about cabling. Any one know what happens about
>> mains distribution? Here at work, our H&S guy has a fit if you
>> daisy-chain multi-way extensions. I pressume they dont care at the show.
>
> It doesn't really matter as long as they are rated to carry 13A then the
> fuse will blow before you can overload anything. You could have 100 sockets
> chained together and it wouldn't be a problem as they all go through a
> single 13A fuse.

Whilst in principle I agree with you that's not the whole story, each  
thing plugged into the chain also has to be correctly fused too, so  
that if it develops a fault which causes it to draw too much current,  
it will blow it's fuse, ifen if it's not enough to blow the 13A one in  
the main plug. This is why I tend to fit 1A fuses to most of my retro  
gear as it's normally all they need.

Cheers,

Phill.

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