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   From: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message , Mortimer   
    writes:   
   []   
   >While we're talking about electrical safety, what is the current (scuse   
   >that unintentional pun) advice on extending the lead of a freezer? I   
   >know you have to use cable that is rated for 13A (1.5 mm^2 wire rather   
   >than 1 mm^2) and conventional extension cables must be unrolled to   
   >avoid inductive heating. But providing you use a cable of the correct   
   []   
   I don't _think_ it's _inductive_ heating they're that concerned about -   
   just air cooling, or rather the lack of it when a cable is wound onto a   
   reel (and tightly, as it often is).   
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