rumsponge wrote:yes, a 15 amp plug wont fit a 10 A outlet and the safest solution would be to install a 15A outlet.
My nan and pop can get a 15 amp plug to fit a 10 amp outlet. They're serious caravanners and always carry an adapter cable so they can plug in their 15 amp caravan into any 10 amp caravan park. Just file off a little of the earth plug. They're in their 80's and the laws of physics no longer apply to them. :))
NOT CONDONING IT but I know lots of caravanners that do it. They're safe as they only run a microwave and tv with a gas oven. Guess the caravans wired up in case of an electric stove installation. Definitely WOULDN'T try to run a 15 amp element on a 10 amp outlet like that. Playing with fire, literally, doing that.
Don't know if you could do something similar with a 15 amp plug so you could get it to work on a 10 amp socket (if it can take the 2.5mm wires). Personally I'd just get the sparkie to sort out if you want to use that cable. I've only ever used 1.5 on 10 amps and never had a problem even on 7+ hour spirit runs (yeah, my stills kinda small).