On 24/08/2014 21:48, Capitol wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 24/08/14 15:02, Broadback wrote:

The idea is to reduce energy use,

No. The idea is to make all current vacuum cleaners obsolete and
unsalable and ensure that Bosch who are almost certainly behind the
lobby can outsell better Chinese and Japanese vacuums.



Just out of interest, I have run a check on my best vacuum cleaner,
which is 110V. Sucking it draws 8.8A but with the flow blocked it only
draws 7.6A. So, it's using about 1KW. 1.8KW, unless it's a specmanship
game, seems like overkill. Maybe someone else can run a similar test and
let us know the results

There is likely to be a substantial reactive component, so the actual
power might be a lot lower than the VA you're quoting.