Re: Internal wiring of USA v UK mains plug

"N Cook" <diverse8@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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So the USA has separate fuse for each radial spur to each wall outlet

For general purpose recepticle and lighting circuits, they are wired as
radial, but one fuse or breaker per radial circuit.


? each such wiring run requiring more than twice the weight of copper
(110V v 240V ) for the same kW delivery to the point of use?

Yes, but not as much KWs are delivered to GP recepticles as there is in the
230V world, so less copper is used. Yes, that is at the expense of not
having 2.5 KW kettles and really funky coffee machines.

Larger appliances that need more power have their own dedicated recepticle
(or are hard wired) and circuit.
.

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