5/18/2023 0 Comments Watts to amps![]() ![]() The size, or gauge of the wire in your power system is like the fuel lines of your car.įor example, if your car uses fuel lines from the gas tank to the motor that are too small, and you hit the accelerator, your car is not going to perform at its best because it’s not getting all the fuel it needs. Getting power out of the battery can also be somewhat technical. Make sure you check the label on your batteries to make sure your charger is set to refill them correctly and get as much power out of them as you can. Most batteries can be recharged to a voltage of 14.4. This is why a lot of people go back to the RV dealer and ask “what’s wrong with my batteries? I can’t stay out as long as I did the first time”.Įvery battery type has an ideal level of “full”. Which means you can’t go as far on your next trip. Most RVs come equipped with a charger, but most stock chargers don’t quite have the power to get your batteries, or gas tank, 100% full. When your batteries are depleted, or your gas tank is empty, you plug in for a recharge. The same thing goes with refilling your batteries. You can’t drive as far the next time you go on the road. You pull into a gas pump and that pump doesn’t have enough pressure behind it to fill the tank back up to 100 percent full. Voltage is similar to the pump pressure at the gas pump. This is where voltage becomes important, it’s often overlooked and that’s actually the reason many people have battery issues in the RV industry. In an RV, you will likely plug into shore power to recharge them. To refill your battery, you have a few different options. The more you use from your tank, the more you need to refill. Just like we consume amp hours from the battery when we run anything like a water pump, furnace fan, or lights. We consume gallons of fuel out of a gas tank in our car when we run the motor. In your RV, if you have a 100 amp hour battery, think of that like it’s a 100-gallon gas tank. It’s just like the fuel tank in your car. Some of the terminology, people tend to glaze over when you mention voltage, amperage, battery banks, and wire size… in this video, we will explain these terms to make them easier to understand.įirst things first – the battery. Please note, comments must be approved before they are published.Electricity isn’t an easy concept to grasp. Some of the benefits could be protecting yourself and your home from an electrical fire, evaluating or lowering monthly energy bills, and the basic understanding of what is going on inside your walls to power your home. It is important to understand the terms and how they affect your household. On the other hand, if the equipment you are trying to power only requires 120V and is plugged into a 240V circuit, your equipment will become damaged because it cannot handle that much voltage. If the appliance is starved for the voltage needed to kick the appliance on, it cannot run. Much like we need the energy to power ourselves. It is hungry for electricity to power it. Think of the large appliance as being hungry. Without the voltage level it requires (120V or 240V), it will not kick on to operate. Powering two on one circuit would use a higher wattage than your outlet would provide, requiring higher power. This would work because the higher wattage is required to power two microwaves. ![]() If you have a larger appliance or a need to operate two microwave ovens at one time, you could install a separate circuit with higher power (Wattage). You would not have enough power and would trip your 5-15 or 5-15/20 Amp circuit breaker. We figured out you can operate one microwave on your standard household NEMA 5-15 or 5-15/20 outlet, but to run two at once, would not work. While Volts are typically a fixed unit in the U.S., Watts is changeable. We used a basic equation to figure out the microwave will require 11.25 Amps of power to cook your food. As we know, it is capable of a single-phase of 1350 Watts. In the case of your home microwave, it is using the fixed, US Standard of 120 Volts. The most basic units of electricity are Voltage (V), Watts (W), and Amps (A). Electrical pressure, the strength of the current or voltage (V) is what makes the current flow. The electric current (I) is measured in Amps (A). Electricity is measured as an electric current. Electricity consists of electrons flowing through a conductor, such as an electrical wire. ![]()
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