AUTOMATIC LINE GENERATOR SWITCH
I have a 2003 Forest River Geogretown 325 motor home. While staying at a county park we lost power at the site electrical post. We were in the middle of cooking dinner in a toaster oven so I plugged t...
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he probably meant that,for example for an electric motor, when you pull more current, the volage drops due to the wiring size and then the current goes higher than what the device usually would pull. and burn the device
not true for resistive devices though
not true for resistive devices though
DrewE wrote:dougrainer wrote:
A common mistake people make is, they think a Breaker will trip when they overload the supply system. In effect, the current drops as the amp load increases and the Heat build up causes electronic items to then fail. The ATS can handle 30 and 50 but cannot handle any type excess amp/current problems. Doug
I am confused by this. What do you mean by "the current drops as the amp load increases"? Those are precisely opposite statements; it is akin to saying that speed decreases as mph increases.
The sole purpose of a circuit breaker or fuse is to cut the power in the event of an overload (overcurrent) situation. If it does not do that, it is dangerously defective.
