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burmaboy
at Fri Oct 29 17:23:57 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by burmaboy ]
wattage divided by voltage = amperage.
So watts divided by 120 or 115 will give you amperage.
Check your appliance and see the voltage, use that to divide.
Light bulb for instance...
100 watts divided by 120 = total amperage.
In case you were wondering, there is no "divided by" symbol on my keyboard.
Chris...my advice for what it's worth... if your service box is not too far from your herp room. For a lot less than $50 you can run at least one dedicated 20 amp circuit.
Better safe than sorry.15 amp is ok for small appliances, and lights, but when you talk about heaters and such...even ceiling fans, they have a larger startup usage.
especially the heater.
Figure 1500 divided by 120 just for the heater.Most modern heaters today are 1500 watts.
It probably would'nt be too hard to prove my formula for figuring amps is wrong, but that formula is what I came up with after research.
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RE: 15amp breaker capacity = 12 amps - burmaboy, Fri Oct 29 17:23:57 2004