On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:44:47 -0600 Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Craig McCluskey wrote: > > > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:58:12 -0800 (PST) Dimitri Seretakis > > <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > What should the resistance reading be? > > > > It's a 400 W heater that runs on 120 VAC. > > But he said "suburban".
Oh, yeah, he did, didn't he! > > > 2 > > E 120 * 120 > > R = ----- = ----------- = 36 ohms > > P 400 > > But the formula is correct. :) So whoever can plug the power of his block heater into the denominator and calculate his resistance. For a 500 W heater, R = 28.8 ohms. For a 1000 W heater, R = 14.4 ohms. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
