Saturday, February 4, 2017

2.5 Relationship between power, current and voltage and application to fuses

Power = current x voltage


Power in Watts (W)
Current in Amps (A)
Voltage in volts (V)


Applying this to find fuse rating.


Lets a lamp runs on 60W, and 220 Volts.


You have to find the current  
Current = power/voltage
60/220 = 0.27


Fuses will usually come in 3A, 5A and 13A rating so the next higher will be used.

So for this lamp we will use the 3A fuse.