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ripper
 
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Default Electric Shower tripping MCB

Yes that is what happens when you put a constant resistance into the
calculator, and the wattage of the shower goes up.
But the resistance does not remain constant, it varies with temperature.

"Alistair Riddell" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, ripper wrote:

And just to put you all at ease, if you go here you will find a simple

ohms
law calculator.
http://measurementsconverter.co.uk/ohmslaw.html


If you put 6.06 ohms into your calculator, this being a guess at the
resistance of the heating element of the shower and the only constant [1]
value in the equation, and then input different voltage values, then you
will see the current and power increasing with higher voltage.


[1] I know it's not completely constant but near enough.

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