Tumble dryer on a extension lead?

[masona]

Just bought a White Knight 382WV 3 kg Tumble dryer and plugged into a 13amp, 2 metre cable extension lead socket and yet the instruction quoting you cannot do this or using a adapter socket either and must goes straight into the wall socket, why is this? It's protected by the 13amp fuse anyway, could it be to do will voltage drop or cable getting warm?

 

[Qedelec]

Masona, you don't say what the rating of the appliance is. Nothing wrong with connecting via an extension lead as long as its fused. Voltage drop will have little to do with it.
You could always ask the manufacturer to explain their thinking.

 

[masona]

Masona, you don't say what the rating of the appliance is.

The rating is 2.4kWh and as you says nothing wrong using a extension lead providing it's protected by the fuse but it has got me thinking why they suggested it.

 

[macmini]

incase someone decides to use it on a 5a extension lead? or a coiled up extension lead?

 

[Adam_151]

An interesting thead here, though it does seem a little far fetchced

http://www.iee.org/Forums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=205&threadid=7332

 

[JohnD]

Perhaps they're thinking that because the drier is fairly high current, someone might conect another appliance to the same adaptor or extension and overload it? Sinc adaptors are fused these days, it would only blow the adaptor cartridge, so be inconvenient rather than dangerous.

Otherwise they could be worried about 5A extensions, or home-made ones without a reliable earth?

Can't see much of a prob in the UK but might be in countries without our excellent 3-pin plug.


That Kenyon guy's a bit prickly, isn't he?

I find it very difficult to believe that a washing machine can tell the difference between a piece of cable that's a 1.5mm radial or spur, and a bit of cable that's a 1.5mm extension plugged into a 2.5mm ring.