@aki thanks for the reply funny thing is I remember burning the cookery socket in the kitchen the one with the in-built light. Guess it comes down to the workmanship or wrong cable choice. I think as someone on list said it's a shame that after all this years we still to have reliable power supply. Also if we going nuclear what we going to do with the waste plus do we have a program to get the necessary man power trained On 15 Dec 2011 20:12, "aki" <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:21 PM, kris njoroge <krsnjo@gmail.com> wrote:
@Aki or Areba - Just as a by the way, back in the day used to use an immersion heater to heat water, but would always have to replace the socket as was burnt, never really got an answer as to why it was happening, would ask the electrician and would say loose connection - buy new heater plus "British" plug same problem what was the problem? --
@Kris, thank you for the question.
First it scares me that the electrician mislead you, there would have been a eventual fire due to the socket heating up and burning. The primary reason for the socket meltdown was that the immersion heater required a heavier current than the socket could handle. So not only will the socket meltdown, the internal cables in the house will also heat up and the insulation will start melting. Long term usage and the entire internal cabling in the house will need to be replaced for safety reasons. Imagine that you have a large 150ah battery that can deliver 150amps per hour, and you decide to connect a thin wire to deliver the 150amps! The thin wire would melt on load because its carrying capacity is too low. This is the principle of the fuse.
Your solution would be to have the immersion heater connect to a 30amp line with a proper socket and fused box. Your safety, the device connected and that of others will be catered for.
My view, but hope that a professional electrician can advice further.
Rgds. :-)
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