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We've had this discussion before, but does anyone have any idea what load can be put through a double socket?
The socket in question is an MK logicplus, installed in a commercial kitchen. The supply cable is 6mm, converted from a previous cooker circuit to a double socket. (information gathered from staff working there, I don't know the rating of the OCPD, but I bet its still whatever the cooker needed, not downgraded for a socket on a radial)
One socket has a deep fat fryer plugged in at 3kW, and the other is either a toaster, kettle or whatever else is needed.
There is another identical fryer in the kitchen, but it is off the rfc. They would like the 2 fryers in the same area of the kitchen, hopefully off the same double socket.
So 3kW full on is over 12A … 2 of them, 24, 25A?
Obviously, cooking with the fryers there will be diversity, and they wont be on full, but can a double socket cope with 24A for any length of time?
Hypothetically, if this double socket was a spur off an rfc, would a 2.5mm T&E supplying the double socket cope with the load?
Maybe manufacturers need to print it on the front of the socket?
13A per outlet, 20A between both outlets if it is a problem
The socket in question is an MK logicplus, installed in a commercial kitchen. The supply cable is 6mm, converted from a previous cooker circuit to a double socket. (information gathered from staff working there, I don't know the rating of the OCPD, but I bet its still whatever the cooker needed, not downgraded for a socket on a radial)
One socket has a deep fat fryer plugged in at 3kW, and the other is either a toaster, kettle or whatever else is needed.
There is another identical fryer in the kitchen, but it is off the rfc. They would like the 2 fryers in the same area of the kitchen, hopefully off the same double socket.
So 3kW full on is over 12A … 2 of them, 24, 25A?
Obviously, cooking with the fryers there will be diversity, and they wont be on full, but can a double socket cope with 24A for any length of time?
Hypothetically, if this double socket was a spur off an rfc, would a 2.5mm T&E supplying the double socket cope with the load?
Maybe manufacturers need to print it on the front of the socket?
13A per outlet, 20A between both outlets if it is a problem