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Cheers.
I'd read that some had a high load(?) on start up. It'll be in an outbuilding and mainly I want a specific colour to highlight it, and the one I found was 2.5mm². So I thought I may as well go for a heavier duty one as the price insignificant in the length I need.
I could of course just buy a distinctive colour plug, or even put tape over it.
hugo7
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Freezers aren't high current devices, even when the compressor is running, so I'm not really sure what you're hoping to achieve by overspeccing the cable?
The only thing I'd think about doing is swapping the inevitably 13A fuse for a 5A one (assuming the motor rating was well under 1200W), although you'd do that on the freezer rather than the extension lead. It probably also doesn't achieve very much though.