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Unusual question - powering one circuit from another
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<blockquote data-quote="Brit-abroad" data-source="post: 502206" data-attributes="member: 33204"><p>I just wanted to ask if this would work &amp; be safe or not?</p><p></p><p>we rented a holiday apartment abroad via air bnb. It was supposed to have aircon included (it is too hot to sleep here) </p><p></p><p>in each of the 2 bedrooms there are several plug sockets and an Air conditioning unit.</p><p></p><p>After 1 day the air conditioning stopped working and we were told that we had used up the credits. The plug sockets in the bedrooms stopped working too when the electricity credits ran out.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>However the plug sockets in the rest of the apartment are working still and are on a separate circuit.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>We are stuck with no air con &amp; no fan as the plug sockets in the bedroom are all running on the same circuit at the sir conditioning.</p><p></p><p>There was no mention of any additional charge for air conditioning on the air bnb listing and we are stuck here now with my wide &amp; children for weeks.</p><p></p><p>It occurred to me that If I bought an extension lead and put a plug on both ends, switched off the power switch on the plug sockets, and plugged it in to the working socket in the other room and in to the plug socket in the bedroom and then switched on both sockets, that might power up the air conditioning by simply powering it from the other circuit.</p><p></p><p>Would this work? Would it be safe? </p><p> would it damage anything?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brit-abroad, post: 502206, member: 33204"] I just wanted to ask if this would work & be safe or not? we rented a holiday apartment abroad via air bnb. It was supposed to have aircon included (it is too hot to sleep here) in each of the 2 bedrooms there are several plug sockets and an Air conditioning unit. After 1 day the air conditioning stopped working and we were told that we had used up the credits. The plug sockets in the bedrooms stopped working too when the electricity credits ran out. However the plug sockets in the rest of the apartment are working still and are on a separate circuit. We are stuck with no air con & no fan as the plug sockets in the bedroom are all running on the same circuit at the sir conditioning. There was no mention of any additional charge for air conditioning on the air bnb listing and we are stuck here now with my wide & children for weeks. It occurred to me that If I bought an extension lead and put a plug on both ends, switched off the power switch on the plug sockets, and plugged it in to the working socket in the other room and in to the plug socket in the bedroom and then switched on both sockets, that might power up the air conditioning by simply powering it from the other circuit. Would this work? Would it be safe? would it damage anything? [/QUOTE]
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