We're planning to convert our apartment. Now we have a room with only one socket.
How many devices are allowed to use this box?
A study was planned there, with a laptop, printer, desk lamp, TV and CD player… But not all devices should run at the same time… So the printer only when needed, TV and CD player rarely…
It would still be possible to put a cable through the wall from the next room, for this we would have to drill a hole in the wall and put a cable through it, since there are 4 sockets in the next room. Now we can't drill a hole the size of a plug…
The number of devices is secondary, as long as you do not pull more than 3500W from the socket, everything is ok (as long as the distributor does the same)
Thank you… Sorry the demand but I really have no idea… How do I know how much W the devices have or need?
The devices described are all rather small consumers. You can do it all from a socket if it is fused with 16A as usual. But please invest in a high-quality distribution strip.
As an an example:
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Should actually be on the device
On most devices it says on it or in the technical descriptions what you need for PCs you can calculate that on the built-in components.
Is on the nameplate of the respective device!
This is on a sticker that is on the device or the power supply. But with the devices that you have enumerated you will not come close to this limit.
Is on the back of the nameplate.
Estimate: laptop max 50W, printer 300W, lamp (if led) max 10W, TV 200-300W, CD player 50W.
So should fit
That this could lead to problems was already clear to you beforehand otherwise you would not have asked the question:-). Technically, this works even if it is not completely clean. The decision is, however, from where the cable comes to the socket and what all runs over the circuit. You can easily find out by switching on consumers and then gradually taking out the fuses. If the other socket in the other room has a different circuit and runs over a different fuse, it might not be a bad idea to run a second cable from there through the wall, but make sure that you don't use an 08/15 extension cable but one with a reasonable cross section.
You can attach as many devices until the fuse blows out, then plug in one less.
Thank you:-)
There's no upper limit on how much can be used. It is always the total load that is important and that depends on the fuse. At 10A max.2300watt and at 16A 3680w available otherwise the fuse triggers when exceeded
