On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 01:44, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, what a nightmare! > Yep. New tag needed: nightmare=*. Here, if a camping ground / caravan park has power to a site, it will be a > standard layout Oz plug, but rated at 15A, not 10, so you will need a 15A > lead to connect to it, but that's it! > Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! That relies upon the intelligence of the user to select the correct lead for the task. *That* is a a real nightmare. Don't have the correct connector? Tough. Don't have the correctly-rated cable? Use the one you have anyway and watch it catch fire if there's a fault. Cable sizes and breaker/fuse ratings/delays are generally specified that under fault conditions the cable doesn't catch fire (in fact, the purpose of the breaker/fuse isn't to protect the equipment but to protect the cable). How on earth did they decide to permit that situation? Here's another thing to consider. One day, Oz might decide that 10A/15A thing is not a good idea and decide to sanction the use of another type of connector for camp site hook-ups. CEE 17 blue or NEMA 5-15, maybe. And then, if you know the camp site has power hookups but don't know the type... However we end up tagging these things, we need to allow for "it has a power hook-up but the connector type is unknown." -- Paul
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