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Old Jan 11, 2018 | 7:40 am
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
No. You have an element that dissipates 1,400W when fed 100V. That means it's drawing 14A and thus has a resistance of 7.1428 ohms. Now you feed 120V through 7.1428 ohms and you get 16.8A. 16.8A @ 120V = 2016W.
Ahhh yes thanks. Resistance stays constant in the device so current and wattage change.
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