On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:36:50 +0100, Dan Mills
<dmills@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:27:42 +0100, Duncan Wood wrote:
>
>> Actually don't bother, if he's failed a 13A plug to 16A socket adapter
>> then his PAT results aren't worth the paper they're written on.
>
> Actually this jumper is valid either way around as long as it is made
> from
> cable rated for at least 16A (2.5mm TRS say) a 16A plug to 13A socket is
> protected from overload downstream of the socket by the fuse in the 13A
> plug and is protected upstream by the 16A breaker feeding the 16A
socket.
>
16A short circuit , 13A for overload:-) Which is a subtlety that is going
to bed beyond your pattester
> Obviously if made the other way, protection is by the 13A fuse in the
> plug.
>
> Now it might fail for other reasons, but either variant on that cable,
if
> in good condition and made with appropriate parts should a pass PAT (if
> the
> person doing the testing is competent to be doing it in a theatre
> context).
>
> Regards, Dan (Who owns at least a dozen such things).
Actually if they're competent to be doing it at all or they won't be able
to test extension leads.
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