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Old 06-08-2008, 10:52 AM   #21
chadrcr
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Originally Posted by CatiaJockey View Post
"250kw is 250,000 watts, or 2,083 amps at 120v." To put that into perspective, plug in 210 hair dryers and turn them all on at once. And you notice how the amps went down as volts went up... sounds good huh... just remember the power company charges you by the KW... which doesn't change no matter what voltage you throw at it. 10 minute charge..... pipe dream.
What were you looking at when SEEing the amps go down/ volts go up?
The power company is throwing the volts, we are using the kwatts .... 120 vac should be the constant in this equation, the KWs used per hour change with the 'hair dryers' all plugged in and turned on...... check the meter outside your house/ apt, those are not volts going through it making it spin faster and charge you more....kws per hour.
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