What do you mean by power rating of an electrical appliance? How do you use it to calculate (a) the resistance of the appliance and (b) the safe limit of the current in it, while in use ?
Current Electricity
74 Likes

Question

What do you mean by power rating of an electrical appliance? How do you use it to calculate (a) the resistance of the appliance and (b) the safe limit of the current in it, while in use ?

KnowledgeBoat · Accepted Answer

An electrical appliance such as electric heater, geyser etc is rated with it's power and voltage. For example, an electric bulb is rated as 100 W - 220 V. It means that if the bulb is lighted on a 220 V supply, the electric power consumed by it is 100 W (i.e., 100 J of electric energy is consumed by the bulb in 1 s). (a) Resistance of element of appliance while in use is (b) The safe limit of current in it, while in use is If current exceeds this value, the power supplied at voltage V will exceed the rated power of the appliance and the appliance may get damaged. So this value of current is called the safe current which can flow through the appliance at voltage V.

Physics

What do you mean by power rating of an electrical appliance? How do you use it to calculate (a) the resistance of the appliance and (b) the safe limit of the current in it, while in use ?

Current Electricity

Related Questions

Define the term kilowatt-hour and state it's value in S.I. unit.

How do kilowatt and kilowatt-hour differ?

An electric bulb is rated '100 W, 250 V'. What information does this convey ?

List the names of three electrical gadgets used in your house. Write their power, voltage rating and approximate time for which each one is used in a day. Hence find the electrical energy consumed by each in a month of 30 days.