I've been told 13 for each plug hole and have been using my equipment for years based on this!
2007-03-09 00:22:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Presumably this is UK household circuit we're talking about. Twin plug sockets are wired in parallel if they are the two-in-one type, i.e one of them is a spur off the other. Ideally you should only have a combined maximum load of 13 amps. However, just because you have two plugs with 13 amp fuses in them, it does not mean that you are drawing the max 13 amps from each of them. If you did, you would be taking over 3KW of juice off each! Most appliances that are not heaters draw much less than that.
2007-03-09 01:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 Amps in total.
MK label double-sockets as "13 amp double socket".
You can actually take about 20A in total from the double socket before it starts getting hot. Interestingly, I have seen in some kitchens that there are two single sockets next to each other where you would expect a double, this is to stop someone plugging a washing-machine and a kettle into one double socket which could potentially take 26A!!
You may have seen those block multiway adaptors:
http://www.flatbatt.co.uk/Electrical/240v-twoway/2_way_adaptor.jpg
When they only have two sockets there is usually no fuse but you are expected to only draw 13A from both sockets, a double socket is the same (the internal bus-bar inside the double is no thicker than inside a single so it should be used with 13A like the single socket)
2007-03-09 10:01:28 · answer #2 · answered by Ken77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are the sockets split? That is, are they each wired to a separate breaker? As I read the electrical code for our area, I see that each branch circuit, which may have one or more sockets attached, is protected at its branch rating. Kitchen circuit sockets are split, standard room sockets are not. This means you could pull 13 amp from each socket provided there was nothing else on the branch if they were wired individually. If they are wired in parallel then it is 13 amps total.
2007-03-09 17:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by Aurthor D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 for each plug hole.
2007-03-09 00:29:38 · answer #4 · answered by rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 amps per socket.
2007-03-09 00:26:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 in total usually
2007-03-09 01:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by capa-de-monty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-01 05:10:58 · answer #7 · answered by Smith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋