People do tend to leave them coiled up if they are too long for the task. I've seen extensions on a reel (like a hosepipe) which have two current ratings: one for extended, and one for rolled up.
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Yes. Coiled up, the thermal resistance to ambient increases for the
cable surrounded by cable, so its temperature will increase.
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They're not monsters, the cable isn't that thick. I'm not sure what # you'd call it (or even if the US and the UK use the same system), but if I use one with 13 amps going through it, it doesn't get the slightest bit warm.
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What's the wire diameter and the overall diameter of the jacket for
13A?
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I suppose if I was making my own extension cord (you can't buy them like this anymore)
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Are you only allowed to have 13 amp extension cords? What lengths?
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I could use thinner cheaper wire, which I've done in the past.
But I always end up needing to use it for a different appliance
some other time which needs more current.
ROFL! I had to look hatup - I take it you mean "Cover Your Ass"?
Insurance only pays for the finances. It does not replace family heirlooms, or dead pets.
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Mine pays for _everything_ except dead pets. The house, the
contents of the house, _everything_.
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No, I'm just so clever I don't need to ;-)
I only read instructions as a last resort.
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So, we've gone from "I never read instructions" to "I only read
instructions as a last resort." I'd consider that headway...
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But.... for a given power of appliance you have thicker cord and thicker cable in the walls than we do at 240 volts.
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Perhaps. I don't know what your requiremants are for premises
wiring, So I'll neither agree nor disagree with you until you post
some relevant data.
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What? You wrote "Our 120V sockets are different from out 120V sockets"
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Yes. my error. It should have been "Our 120V sockets are different
from our 240 sockets."
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So there are no different current-rated outlets? Just the 240 volt and 120 volt?
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No, there are 30A receptacles available as well as 20's.
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Another point - I see your plugs don't have to have an earth prong.
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Wrong. The "U" shaped opening leads to a ground contact.
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Our sockets have shutters over the live (er... hot) and neutral so
kids can't stick god knows what in there without sticking something
in the earth hole first. A german student over here in the UK used
to carry a screwdriver in his pocket which he called an "adapter" -
he shoved it in the earth hole to allow the german 2 pin plugs to
fit in the UK sockets!!
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We have receptacle covers which, if we have children running around
loose, we insert into unused receptacles which are difficult for
little fingers to remove. Of course, if they're intent in sticking
something into an outlet they'll just unplug the lamp or whatever
and go on with their adventure, much as they would by sticking
something into the earth hole in yours and then going on with the
rest of it.[/QUOTE]
What do you mean? He didn't run it off 240 volts, that would no doubt have blown the thing up.[/QUOTE]
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3 minutes at 60Hz = 3.6 minutes at 50Hz.
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Psychologists are as pointless as lawyers
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No one's talking about psychologists.
Moreover, psychology isn't pointless, and neither is law.
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Anyway I doubt 90% of people know enough about electricity to think that way.
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It has very little to do with knowledge of electricity, and
everything to do with the perception of safety, so your doubts have
nothing to do with it. Try this: Ask a bunch of people ignorant
about electricity whether they'd rather hold onto an extension cord
with a fuse in it or an extension cord without a fuse in it and post
back with what you find, OK?
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My point is it isn't thinner. Your 120 volt 13 amp cord will be just fine at 240 volts. The insulator thickness is probably a minimum reuqired to stop it being damaged through handling. Look how flimsy an IDE ribbon cable is. That's rated at 300 volts.
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We're not talking about IDE cables, we're talking about extension
cords designed to carry mains voltages safely and the requirements
for _those_ cables, so knock off the horseshit about what'll be
"just fine" and what won't, and post some specifications.
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Nah, I'll more likely die in a car accident. At 140mph. Gotta love speed camera detectors!
[/QUOTE]
In which case a THIN head would stop my heart getting knackered. A thick one would cause me to misplace my fingers.[/QUOTE]
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Precisely. And you've already misplaced your fingers, by your own
admission, at least six times. To me, that shouts, "THICK!"
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No, I don't care about minor inaccuracies. Try allowing for context, reading between the lines, etc. Don't take every word at dictionary meaning.
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Convenient for you, huh? That would let you get away with all kinds
of crap with impunity. This is a _technical_ newsgroup for,
basically, newbies and if you can't be bothered to be accurate and
provide good information for them, what the hell good are you?
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I am alledgedly talking to a human being, not a computer. Humans are not 100% logical, so I don't expect to have to use precision words - this is not Germany.
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So Germans aren't human?
So far all it seems you're interested in doing is playing "My dog's
bigger than your dog" and engaging in some banal crap, so you're
getting what you deserve.
Again, this _is_ a technical forum, so if you want to be technical
then you'll be expected to be precise with your language.
If you don't, and all you want to do is **** around, the expect to
be fucked with. Welcome to usenet.
