Re: is it possible? 1600W step-down transformer so tiny!
- From: Mochuelo <cucafera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:13:46 +0200
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:43:21 +0100, "Slurp" <slip@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Mochuelo" <cucafera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:30:52 +0100, "Slurp" <slip@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"James Kelly" <apollo46@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I've recently moved to London in the UK and brought along my trusty
cooker. It states that it requires 120V @60/1235 watts. After some
research on the net it was apparant that transformers that provide >
1000W
are at least the size of a shoebox and around $70-100. However, I later
came across a transformer sold by jWin which rates upto 1600W and is as
small as an average 100w transformer and costs about $10. You can see it
here - http://tinyurl.com/hra3r I called the shop selling them and
they
confirmed the specs.... am I wasting my time? You get what you pay for
right? Any help would be much appreciated.
James
What sort of things do you cook with a 1235 watt cooker???. That's nearly
a
third of my electric kettle!!
Do you have a 3700 W kettle? What do you use it for?
My kettle is 240V 3000W. I use it for heating water.
Well, that's about the max total power I'm entitled to, at my place
(more exactly, 3450 W).
You sure the rating is not 12350 watts which would be more reasonable.
Can you please go read what's the current rating (in amps) of your
domestic energy meter? Multiply that by the nominal voltage in your
country, and you will get the max instantaneous power that your
installation is "oficially" allowed to carry. Compare that with the
number you wrote.
Um let me see. aha 60A at 240V, that's um err 14400W.
And that's official.
Do you have a problem with that????
Yes, that you probably read the _peak_ maximum current, not the max
current that can be delivered in steady state. Mine says "15 (60) A",
which means that it can provide 15 A in steady state, and peaks of 60
A. Forget about the peak specification, which is of no use in this
dicussion, because a cooker needs continuous supply. Can you please go
back to your energy meter and see if there's a smaller number next to
the "60"?
Independently on what the actual capacity of your electric
installation is, there's one funny thing here, and is that you called
"more reasonable" to one single domestic appliance consuming 12.35 kW.
.
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