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- From: laird@pasture.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird)
- Subject: Re: Power and current
- Message-ID: <laird.727887237@pasture.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Keywords: Power and current
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- Date: 24 Jan 93 14:53:57 GMT
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- clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
-
- >In article <laird.727847558@pasture.ecn.purdue.edu> laird@pasture.ecn.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
- >>Thus, current is found by dividing watts (VA) by voltage. In this case,
- >>850VA/110A=7.7A.
-
- Great. I write down all of my units and still screw them up. Yes, that's
- 110_Volts_. I definitely agree with the following, too, but was trying to
- simply use the numbers given.
-
- >Or 850/120=7A (120 is the nominal no-load voltage on a "110V circuit", or
- >maybe even 850/125. Remember that the voltage can vary by up to about 10%,
- >so the plate rating should be relative to the highest permissible voltage
- >on the line. That being said, I'd personally call this 10A for circuit
- >planning purposes.
-
- >>No need to worry about start-up or overload surges either...
-
- >Actually, there are start-up surges with resistive heating elements.
- >Most resistive loads (lamps and heaters) exhibit a positive
- >temperature:resistance coefficient. That is, as the temperature goes
- >up, the resistance goes up too. The surge wouldn't be that large,
- >not like a motor with startup surges of a factor of 3 or more, or
- >an incandescent bulb where surge is probably on the order of a factor
- >of 1.5 to 2. But 30% isn't unreasonable - I wouldn't put a fast-blo
- >8A fuse in series with that appliance...
-
- Wow! Good point! I hadn't thought of that - and I've even used this
- property in some designs.
-
- This is why I post things like this - thanks for catching the errors!
-
- Bottom line, though, is to think of it as a 10A device unless really
- trying to calculate exactly (for private electric generation purposes).
-
- --kyler
-