Hi,
My local primary school has an electric urn rated at 2500 to 3000W operating at 240V. It has a 13 amp fused plug fitted which when they use the urn connected to the mains via an extension lead, the leads gets hot. When plugged directly into the wall the urn works without any increase in cable temperature. I realise that at 3000W it will draw 12.5 amps but my question is can I buy or make up an extension lead of bigger diameter cable to resolve the hot lead problem as they need to use the urn away from the nearest socket.
Thanks for your help
My local primary school has an electric urn rated at 2500 to 3000W operating at 240V. It has a 13 amp fused plug fitted which when they use the urn connected to the mains via an extension lead, the leads gets hot. When plugged directly into the wall the urn works without any increase in cable temperature. I realise that at 3000W it will draw 12.5 amps but my question is can I buy or make up an extension lead of bigger diameter cable to resolve the hot lead problem as they need to use the urn away from the nearest socket.
Thanks for your help