On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:23:40 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:
>R Brickston wrote:
>> On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:57:25 +0200, Mxsmanic
>> wrote:
>>
>>> J. Clarke writes:
>>>
>>>> Personally I would be very surprised if there was a separate
>>>> circuit for each outlet in any case.
>>>
>>> Each outlet might well be separately fused.
>>
>> In either or both of the above cases the voltage, in this specific
>> case 15V DC, would be the same for each plug if a splitter was used.
>> Just as it would be if you used a splitter in your automobile
>> cigarette lighter, there is the same number of volts going to each
>> device.
>
>And if you're drawing excessive current then the result won't be "low
>current", it will be _no_ current as the fuse blows.
The odds of the event you describe being caused by an additional plug
on the system in question, imo, is zero. That said, one can imagine
because this system is aloft it may have a low tolerance for any
additional drain on a single fused, or circuit with fuse, per plug
design.
In any event, back to almost the original argument, plugging in an
aditional device does not halve the volts/amps. And going back *the*
original premise, Mr. notabushsupporter simply made a stupid gaff
remark based on his non-logical thought process, got caught out and
then tried to deny. Case closed, game, set, match. |