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invisibleman18

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#217957 19-Jul-2017 22:33
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This may be a stupid question but figure this is as good a place as any to ask. Basically moved house recently and the laundry area only has one plug. Would like to be able to use the washer and dryer at the same time and the landlord is happy to put another plug in but is struggling to find an electrician willing to come for such a small job. So would it be safe to run both machines at the same time from the same plug using an adapter or would this end up blowing the fuse?

 

The laundry is separate to the house and not really practical to run an extension lead into another plug in the next room.

 

 


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kiwirock
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  #1825584 20-Jul-2017 02:23
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A friend's flatmate tried this.

 

I got a call late one night saying she couldn't afford a sparky until next pay and asked if I can look at what's gone wrong with her dryer.

 

I got there, the washing machine and dryer were plugged in to a multi-box (with C.B that didn't break) and the active pin was melted around the multi-box plug.

 

She was going to plug the washing machine in to the wall socket and continue except the fuse at the meter board was why everything finally stopped going.

 

Not that I should of, but I opened the 10A socket on the wall, the socket was melted inside, and the wiring was all fibre insulated and had come apart from being so hot, and the wood trim hidding the wire down the wall had also started to go black.

 

She was bloody lucky, fuse or no fuse.

 

Don't be fooled by the low setting on dryers either. Some just cycle the full heating element off and on rather than a lower wattage element.

 

Some washing machines, my last front loader, also heated it's own water making a juice sucking appliance.

 

I wouldn't run both at the same time, ever.  Not unless a spark looked at it and told me it's rated for a full 20A to the socket, and a decent 10A on both outlets.

 

I also wouldn't go playing with extension cables with dryers either. Half the cheap one's get pretty warm. Those sort of appliances should be straight to wall outlet.


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