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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:55:03 -0700, Ed Wischmeyer
wrote: The usual wall circuit is 15 Amperes, times 120 volts peak is 1800 watts. 746 watts in a horsepower, so how do you get 4.5 HP out of a wall socket? It's probably more like 15 or 20 amps and that is 115 to 120 volts RMS, not peak. Peak is 1.414, or roughly 162 volts. On single phase they current and voltage should be close enough for all practical purposes to call them in phase. (except during starting) If it were DC, you'd be correct. AC has more or less sinusoidal voltage So, using RMS at 115 volts he's still close. and current, not necessarily peaking at the same time, and a whole bunch of other stuff I used to know about. Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member) www.rogerhalstead.com N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2) Ed Wischmeyer |
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