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#1 2012-03-06 12:18:06

RGolmant
Member

blowing fuses

Hello!

I know nothing about electrical current, so could use some advice on set up.
Today I seem to be having issues with electrical current. I work in a room in my home. I have a power strip with a 16 or 18" Presto pallet and a West Bend skillet plugged into one outlet. Also plugged in there is my heat gun. In the second outlet I have a large exhaust fan plugged in. I dont normally have problems, but today the power cord switched off a couple of times, then the fuse blew completely, leaving the room (and the laundry room) without power. I couldn't get it to work again without totally unplugging the power strip.  Grrr. I am in the middle of a project!

 

#2 2012-03-06 14:34:30

Lin
Member

Re: blowing fuses

I can't run the heat gun at the same time as the electric palette.  Doesn't it depend on how many amps your fuse has?  I wonder if you tried the heat gun or the palette with the fan, it might be easier than 2 heat sources on one plug.

 

#3 2012-03-07 08:15:19

Re: blowing fuses

What matters is not having too many of your electrical appliances plugged into the same CIRCUIT. Different OUTLETS may belong to the same circuit. The best way to determine which outlets belong to which circuits is to "map" them. You need to turn off one circuit breaker or fuse at a time and plug a lamp into each outlet, noting which are turned off. They belong to that circuit that you turned off. Then do it again with another circuit breaker/fuse, until you know which breakers control all the outlets available to you. Hopefully you will have more than one circuit in your work area, but if not you can always run extension cords from another part of the house. The heat gun is usually the culprit in overloading a circuit, so try to use only it and one other appliance on a single circuit.
I hope that makes sense.


Rodney Thompson

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#4 2012-03-07 16:53:11

laura
R&F Staff

Re: blowing fuses

Could not have put it better than Rodney.


Laura Moriarty
Director of Exhibitions & Workshops
R&F Handmade Paints
laura@rfpaints.com
 

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