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How many watts does a radiator use?
Do you mean how many watts are used to make hot water? It varies, but a typical home electric hot water heater consumes about 4,500 watts. Industrial hot water heaters might use 20,000 watts or more! I have a little warmer that keeps my coffee warm as I type this, it consumes about 300 watts. Of course it only heats 6 ounces of water....
How many watts are used in a hot water heater?
A typical home hot water heater uses 4800 watts. The circuitry connecting to the tanks is a 20 amp breaker with #12 wire for the connection. The tank draws 20 amps. W = A x V = 20 x 240 = 4800 watts. Some industrial hot water tanks can be rated at four times the size of home tanks.
How many watts does a 240 volt water heater use?
Different 240 volt watt water heaters use different amounts of watts! Look at your water heater. It should have a plate that lists the watts! On the other hand, the water heater only uses watts when it is heating water. If the family uses paper plates and takes brief showers by getting wet, turning off the shower, applying soap, and then rinsing, it will use a lot less electricity than if every member of the family runs out the tank of hot water taking a hot shower every day.
How can you get hot water from a gas water heater if the service is not on?
You cant
What exactly is boiler service?
A boiler service is where people who specialize in fixing hot water heaters come out and service your hot water heater. They make sure everything is working correctly.
How many watts or amps draw on a GE water heater model se50m12aa01?
The GE water heater SE50M12AA01 is a 5500 watts or 5.5 Kilowatts water tank. The amperage on such a tank is I = W/E. Amps = Watts/Volts. Since most hot water tanks in North America use a voltage of 240, the amps will be 22.9 amps. It must be fed with a #10 conductor from a 30 amp breaker.
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A hot-water heater has an 8-ohm element that operates at 240 V The power that's consumed by this water heater is?
VOLTS x (VOLTS/OHMS) = WATTS 240 X (240/8) = 7200 Watts = 7.2KWatts
What size amp circuit breaker should be used for a hot water tank?
Assuming you are referring to a 240 volt residential hot water heater you will need to install 10/2 NM cable (Romex) with ground from the service panel to the water heater wired to a 30 amp circuit breaker in the service panel. If you cannot see the water heater from the service panel you will need to install a service disconnect at the water heater.
What is wrong when you speakers start smoking?
Either too hot of an environment or too many watts going to them.
How many gallons of water does a hot water heating system use?
It uses as many as you run through it, but who would want to heat hot water?
Where should a service valve be located in order to isolate the hot supply from the hot water strorage vessels to the tap?
primary return
