Re: Re: [OT] : wiring sockets ??

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Marcus Warrington wrote:
> Mmmm.. interesting. My leccy bills have always seemed very high and I
wonder
> if the spark who rewired our house used very long runs and our house
now
> drinks electricity for fun ?
>
> How would someone measure this voltage drop ? Presumably measure the
> volts at the consumer unit trip switch and then measure at the
furthest
> plug socket ?

well if you are losing the maximum allowable (9 volts) and are pulling 13
amps
(3000 watts ish) then you are wasting over 100 watts in cable losses - I
cant
find my ohms per meter list at the moment so cant figure out how long you
would
have to be to lose that much.


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