Is it safe to use 16 amp adapter?

it’s absolutely unsafe. The 16 Amp plug will have an appliance to draw a current more than 6 Amps n if continue to draw more than the allowed current I. E. 6 Amps, will definitely overheat the wires n resultant of burning and short circuit n at times it may lead to fire hazards too.

What happens if you put a 15 amp switch on a 20 amp circuit?

15A switch will burn without 20A fuse ever noticing it. They must break first to protect the rest. If they don’t, they are no more a protection. If you want to use 15A switch you have to protect it with at most 15A rated fuse/breaker.

Can I use higher amp switch?

You can use it for a switching in or out a load up to the switch current rating. So a 6 A switch can carry and switch any current up to 6 A. Amps is one of those things that if you can supply more than you need you are fine.

Why can’t you plug a 6 amp plug into a 16amp socket?

Since thick conductors offer less resistance and carrying more current needs the resistance to be less, generally 16amp plugs use thick probes aren’t pluggable to 6 amp sockets. So why did they make them in-suitable for each other because they weren’t supposed to be used that way.

Can a 15 amp Wire Pass 15 amps?

Even if a wire or switch is only expected to pass half an amp, if it’s fed by a 15 amp breaker it must be capable of passing 15 amps. If a wire that could pass 15 amps without creating a hazardous condition would be impractically large in a particular application (e.g. with Christmas-light sets) then there must be a fuse or breaker upstream of it.

Can I use a 10 amp switch on a 15 amp circuit?

If the circuit is 15A, you need at least a 15A switch, and preferably have some headroom; 16A is not that much. The 10A switch won’t do. Problems to be expected: fast burning in of contacts (= wear-out) and possibly welding of the contacts (= dead switch).

How many amps does a 16 amp AMP leg draw?

If one of your 16amp legs is only pulling 3 amps, then in theory the other leg can potentially draw 29 amps through a cable that would only be rated at half that. Event Site power always carried the motto “if it works it work” to a degree and many regs were over looked to just make a gig happen.