loncell
TK Veteran
Wife bought a hot tub over the lockdown and I thought, easy enough I'll send it to the double socket that only has the fridge on it. The hot tub is plugged into a not too old outdoor socket (not rcd) then that 2.5mm cable travels from the outdoor in trunking under flags and into the house which in turn plugs into double socket on the wall. I would normally only use it for say working on the car or mowing.
So yesterday hot tub stops it trips out its own rcd. I takes a look at the double socket with the fridge on and its hot, not mad hot but hot enough. then I noticed the on/off button on the socket for the hot tub has seased. I cant say the sockets that were bought some years ago brushed chrome are the worlds best so,
Will it be shit plug and socket or will it be because the socket cant take 2 items on it on 24/7 ?. If I replace the socket and plug will it be better or should I move the hot tub to a socket on it's own ?
So yesterday hot tub stops it trips out its own rcd. I takes a look at the double socket with the fridge on and its hot, not mad hot but hot enough. then I noticed the on/off button on the socket for the hot tub has seased. I cant say the sockets that were bought some years ago brushed chrome are the worlds best so,
Will it be shit plug and socket or will it be because the socket cant take 2 items on it on 24/7 ?. If I replace the socket and plug will it be better or should I move the hot tub to a socket on it's own ?