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In Reply to: Less actually posted by twystd on May 28, 2015 at 13:16:26:
For instance, take a 40 watt light bulb.
At 120VAC, you'd need 0.33 amps of current. Where:
Watt (work or heat) = (voltage) times (current). Or
Current = watts/voltage. 40/120.
If you only had 80 volts, you'd need:
40/80 = 0.5 amps to have the bulb produce 40 watts of light.
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- No, I believe it's the heat in watts that is important. - FenderLover 14:47:31 05/28/15 (1)
- RE: No, I believe it's the heat in watts that is important. - twystd 15:38:37 05/28/15 (0)