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Electrical Safety First Warning.

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Don't overload sockets and extension leads.....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8174165/People-working-home-told-pay-extra-attention-electrical-safety.html


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    Broadgage

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    DONT USE EXTENSION LEADS THAT TOTAL MORE THAN 10 METERS IN LENGTH"


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    Broadgage, as someone that spent a substantial time in education, I applaud the idea of explaining things at the level of understanding of the recipient, while remaining factually correct.


    I have a 25-metre extension lead, which according to you seems to be a thing that should not be made. It is certainly better than three shorter extension leads daisy-chained. I use it mainly for electric power tools in the garden.


    The other day I needed to use a power tool right at the back of the garden, where even the 25 m lead will not reach.


    So I daisy-chained another extension lead onto it. Job done. What's the problem?


    As for the Daily Mail, I take what I read there with a pinch, nay a truckload, of salt. I haven't forgotten its scathing attack a few years ago on low-energy lamps. They were a dreadful EU idea foisted on us by the bureaucrats of Brussels, whose sole mission was to make life for us Brits as difficult as possible.


    And what did the Daily Mail give away free that day? Yes, you've guessed - multi packs of those lovely old tungsten filament lamps.

     

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    Broadgage

    . . .

    DONT USE EXTENSION LEADS THAT TOTAL MORE THAN 10 METERS IN LENGTH"


    . . .




    Broadgage, as someone that spent a substantial time in education, I applaud the idea of explaining things at the level of understanding of the recipient, while remaining factually correct.


    I have a 25-metre extension lead, which according to you seems to be a thing that should not be made. It is certainly better than three shorter extension leads daisy-chained. I use it mainly for electric power tools in the garden.


    The other day I needed to use a power tool right at the back of the garden, where even the 25 m lead will not reach.


    So I daisy-chained another extension lead onto it. Job done. What's the problem?


    As for the Daily Mail, I take what I read there with a pinch, nay a truckload, of salt. I haven't forgotten its scathing attack a few years ago on low-energy lamps. They were a dreadful EU idea foisted on us by the bureaucrats of Brussels, whose sole mission was to make life for us Brits as difficult as possible.


    And what did the Daily Mail give away free that day? Yes, you've guessed - multi packs of those lovely old tungsten filament lamps.

     

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