16 amp socket ??

[Libigage]

Hi all, sorry if this question has been asked before. I need to rebuild my shed and fit a 16 amp socket so that I can get the brewzilla 65l gen 4. But until then would I get away with using one of those builders power tool transformers in a socket. You know the yellow box shaped ones.

 

[RichardM]

They are only 110v

 

[Libigage]

Oh, OK thanks

 

[Stu]

Hi all, sorry if this question has been asked before. I need to rebuild my shed and fit a 16 amp socket so that I can get the brewzilla 65l gen 4. But until then would I get away with using one of those builders power tool transformers in a socket. You know the yellow box shaped ones.

No, because they're 110v. You're looking for a blue commando connector. Like caravans use. They're 16A. But note, they're also unfused, so you'll need a breaker. You're in proper electrician territory now.

This is the socket

 

[MashBag]

You don't need either.

https://kegland.com.au/products/brewzilla-65l-gen-4#:~:text=5 YEAR WARRANTY-,The BrewZilla Gen 4.1 is designed to be a compact,off a 15 amp socket.

According to these specs, you need a small consumer unit and normal 3pin socket. The feed cable is likely to be the expensive bit. Depending of course on hot long it is.

 

[Stu]

You don't need either.

https://kegland.com.au/products/brewzilla-65l-gen-4#:~:text=5 YEAR WARRANTY-,The BrewZilla Gen 4.1 is designed to be a compact,off a 15 amp socket.

According to these specs, you need a small consumer unit and normal 3pin socket. The feed cable is likely to be the expensive bit. Depending of course on hot long it is.

Either way, it says a 15 amp socket.

Whilst in the UK, our sockets, wiring and ring mains are designed to carry 32A, I wouldn't be doing that without a fuse on the end.
There's a reason that the UK has the safest electricity sockets in the world.

 

[MashBag]

What protection does the fuse give you?

 

[Sozzled Sab]

What protection does the fuse give you?

It stops the appliance from drawing too much current which could cause the cable to get hot or even cause a fire.
I have two welders in my workshop, both came with standard 3 pin domestic plugs but they would blow the 13amp fuse when on a high setting so I installed a 16amp socket connected to a 16amp circuit breaker in the consumer unit I also replaced the leads from the welder as these didn't look up to the job.
Get a sparky to do it, better safe than sorry.

 

[conorm]

You'd really want that appliance on its own dedicated 20a RCBO from your consumer unit.

 

[MashBag]

It stops the appliance from drawing too much current which could cause the cable to get hot or even cause a fire.
I have two welders in my workshop, both came with standard 3 pin domestic plugs but they would blow the 13amp fuse when on a high setting so I installed a 16amp socket connected to a 16amp circuit breaker in the consumer unit I also replaced the leads from the welder as these didn't look up to the job.
Get a sparky to do it, better safe than sorry.

Genuinely question... Does it give you anything extra that a correctly rated breaker & rcd does not?