20amp IEC connector with a 15amp plug PC? ??

Where is the protection.....
The cord and plug is not idiot proof, jmho.

I agree that it's not idiot-proof, but I'm not sure that it matters. How many threads have you seen here and on other forums where chooses (or advises someone else) to do something blatantly foolish with electricity or electrical connections in the name of audiophilia? How many times have you heard some audiophile say that the NEC is too cautious or just plain wrong? Way too many times, I reckon. Make something idiot-proof, and a more resourceful idiot will come along.

Anyway, the saving grace (pun intended) is that there are almost no consumer audio products that actually need more than the rated power of a 15A convenience outlet. The few that do that I'm aware of have hard-wired power cords. You'd have to saw off the factory plug and put a NEMA 5-15P on there in order to plug it into a 15A outlet.

I wonder why some of us install 20amp dedicated circuit when I dont think at any 1 time our equipment needs to draw more than 15amp ( read some where the most is around 12amp). Am I right or I got it wrong? tq

Audioblazer, Are you saying one piece of equipment draws less than 15 amps or the combined draw of everything in the system is less than 15 amps? Not all systems are created equal.

Rember that start up surges on some amplifiers can trip a 15amp breaker. I have known some that can trip a 20amp breaker depending on what else was running simultaneously.

A 20 amp circuit with appropriate wiring will have a lower impedance than a 15 amp cicuit.

Don_s, I dont knw for sure whether any hifi set up will draw more than 15amp. From what I read most do not exceed 12amp. That is why I started this thread to get some education. I maybe wrong I suppose tq