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Joseph Meehan
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What is the highest wattage incandescent
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You could not have run that on a 15A fuse or breaker.
According to
http://www.jobsite-generators.com/po...lculators.html
You'd need 16.67 Amps (rounded off).
You almost need a dedicated 20A circuit.
Now, according to the tv show "Home Improvement" this would be
approaching a "BOYS LIGHT", but nothing short of 100,000 WATTS will
really get the male testosterone flowing. Just ask Tim Taylor.
100,000 WATTS would need to be a 240 volt bulb and would require a
500amp service, since just one of these bulbs would be sucking 417Amps
at 240Volts. Now thats a REAL MANS bulb......
* (Of course, it might require more than one large man to carry the
huge filament inside that bulb).
I'll bet it would get really hot in that lamp for the guys in there
carrying the filament inside that bulb. :-)
The closest single bulb I could find is a 1,500Watt bulb
http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=10241
That's not powerful enough for "Tool Time" !!!!!!
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