Timeline for Power of an electrical equipment
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Jul 27, 2023 at 15:15 | comment | added | Arthur Kalliokoski | > Increasing the voltage (say, plugging 110V equipment into a 220V socket) may be destructive I'd like to add that decreasing the voltage may also be destructive, as in putting a 6 volt battery in a 12 volt car and trying to engage the starter motor. Since the 6 volts will spin the motor very slowly (if at all) the motor (which, while spinning, acts as a generator) doesn't produce enough back-voltage to limit the current, essentially a dead short. | |
Jul 27, 2023 at 9:37 | comment | added | hdhondt | Just remember that, with most equipment, changing the voltage is not a good idea. Increasing the voltage (say, plugging 110V equipment into a 220V socket) may be destructive. Lowering the voltage may cause erratic or faulty behaviour. That said, a lot of low-power equipment like plug-packs will happily work from 100 to 240V. | |
Jul 27, 2023 at 7:48 | vote | accept | Sumit Gupta | ||
Jul 27, 2023 at 7:48 | comment | added | Sumit Gupta | Ahh, Got it! So, the power rating is given for a specific voltage, and changing voltage changes the power consumed. Thanks. | |
Jul 27, 2023 at 7:01 | history | answered | hdhondt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |