National Electric Code, which is what wiring, outlets, etc are required to live up to in the USA.
Technically, it's not mandated nationwide - but every local and state jurisdiction I know of and have heard of incorporates it "by reference" into applicable law.
Never heard of a "type F" outlet, I'm guessing you're not in the USA.
I'm not in the USA. Here's a list of countries that uses this type of outlet:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Azores, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Chad, Croatia, Cuba, East Timor, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madeira, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Niger, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uruguay. ^^
It really doesn't matter what the plug looks like, I think I got my point across. I don't want any fellow miners to burn their house down.
After reading up on NEC, it seems like you guys operate with 2 different ratings? Nominal rating and continuous rating?
"Most commonly available circuit breakers are rated to carry no more than 80% of their nominal rating continuously (3 hours or more) (NEC Art. 100). 100%-rated circuit breakers are manufactured for and may carry 100% of their nominal rating continuously."
I'm not quite sure how to read the quote above, but what you're saying is that all homes in the US got circuit breakers that are rated for 100% continuous load? Thats great!
PS: Anyone know why the [img] tag won't work?