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As an RFC is essentially two conductors in parallel, why would you want two terminals at the breaker?
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Indeed you can, and that's exactly my point: if one ring conductor is open circuit, you then have a potential (and entirely invisible) cable overload, especially at the far end of long rings.... Suppose you have three 2.4kW loads (this is an artifical case to illustrate, I accept it is stretching the point, but 3kW appliances are not as common as they used to be). You can plug them all in anywhere on a 32A circuit without further thought. ...
It's the middle of winter and minus 5 outside, your boiler breaks so off you go to find some 2.4kW heaters to keep your family warm. You have 2 , you borrow another 2 off a mate....Indeed you can, and that's exactly my point: if one ring conductor is open circuit, you then have a potential (and entirely invisible) cable overload, especially at the far end of long rings.
I agree both our arguments are stretching the point, as I don't believe many people do actually plug in multiple 2.4kW / 3.0kW loads any more. But if that's so, one doesn't need the 'flexibility' of 32A.
It will never work Mr PeteProbably because there's little market outside the UK.
I once installed some RFCs, using UK sockets, in Asia, but could not get the local contractors to understand why they were wired like that. They were completely puzzled, and thought I was a madman.
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