Cord Reels

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The code, as an installation standard, is quite silent on specific products like cord reels.

Be sure to follow the installation instructions, product markings, and the requirements found in ANSI/UL 355...
 
We don't like them here, but they do use them. I often find the insulation and/or conductors to be damaged from being used and abused.
 
jimthesparks said:
The reason I ask is because the cord reel is rated at 13A 125V but came with double duplex 15A receptacles. I'm thinking that it is fine but it just seems odd.
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So plug 4 - 3.25 amp max loads in and you are at 13 amps, or any other combination that adds up to 13.

If it were rated 15 or 20 amps and had double duplexes you could still plug in more equipment than it is rated for yet you would not have questioned the rating.
 
kwired said:
So plug 4 - 3.25 amp max loads in and you are at 13 amps, or any other combination that adds up to 13.

If it were rated 15 or 20 amps and had double duplexes you could still plug in more equipment than it is rated for yet you would not have questioned the rating.
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I guess the way I was looking at it was a 15A recpetacle being fed with a 13A feed.
 
That does seem odd to me, too.

A 15 amp receptacle branch circuit would normally require #14 wire.

Does the cord reel have an additional fuse or circuit breaker that might have a rating lower than 15A??

Or maybe the 13 amp rating is a continuous rating??
 
Have you ever looked at rating of 16 or 18 AWG extension cords? They all have 15 amp connector also.

Cord reels are not part of the branch circuit anymore than an extension cord is.
 
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