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plugged into any convenient wall socket. Connecting cable and
used should have a current rating of 5
to allow for some
safety margin.
’
'
.
_
“
Larger installations using electrical heating systems can be treated
'
in the same way but eventually a point may be reached Where the
-
total current demand of the installation is greater than that which
can
be supplied by & domestic Wall socket. This is ‘where the ’
_
competent electrician should really become involved because itwill
necessary to run a heavy duty cable from the main fuse box
to wherever the aquaria are situated, and to set up the necessary,
terminati0ns and switches. In order to allow domestic wall socket
—
Circuits to be run below their maximum, so as to eater for other
appliances in the house, a good general rule is that an independent
system should be fitted up as soon as the total current consumption '
for the aquarium facility is morethan 5
a
13 A wall
_
socket system).
‘
Connections—and cables in multiple immersion-heated Systems are
often a terrible mess when installed by the aquarist, and are fre4
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«:
…‘
@
,
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5 Amp,
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