I happened to be checking out hair dryers (for someone else) and came
across dryers like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Conair-Dryer-...search&sr=8-12

1875 watts. There were a lot like this

https://www.amazon.com/Revlon-1875W-...-search&sr=8-9

How can one run that from an average outlet that puts out 1650 watts?
or maybe 1170 + 585 = 1755.

Does one plug it into the clothes dryer outlet to make sure her hair is
really dry?

Or are they lying?

On 7/19/19 4:50 AM, micky wrote:
I happened to be checking out hair dryers (for someone else) and came
across dryers like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Conair-Dryer-...search&sr=8-12

1875 watts. There were a lot like this

https://www.amazon.com/Revlon-1875W-...-search&sr=8-9

How can one run that from an average outlet that puts out 1650 watts?
or maybe 1170 + 585 = 1755.

Does one plug it into the clothes dryer outlet to make sure her hair is
really dry?

Or are they lying?


20 amps breaker @ 120 volts = 2400 watts

On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:50:44 -0400, micky
wrote:

I happened to be checking out hair dryers (for someone else) and came
across dryers like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Conair-Dryer-...search&sr=8-12

1875 watts. There were a lot like this

https://www.amazon.com/Revlon-1875W-...-search&sr=8-9

How can one run that from an average outlet that puts out 1650 watts?
or maybe 1170 + 585 = 1755.

Does one plug it into the clothes dryer outlet to make sure her hair is
really dry?

Or are they lying?


Rated at 127 volts, 1875va is 14.76 amps. Being strictly resistive
va and watts are equal. That is an 8.6 ohm resistance. that's 13.9
amps at 120 volts - or 1668 watts. At 117 volts it is 13.6 amps and
1591 watts

So not necessarily LYING but bending the truth to fit their narative.

On 7/19/19 3:50 AM, micky wrote:
I happened to be checking out hair dryers (for someone else) and came
across dryers like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Conair-Dryer-...search&sr=8-12

1875 watts. There were a lot like this

https://www.amazon.com/Revlon-1875W-...-search&sr=8-9

How can one run that from an average outlet that puts out 1650 watts?
or maybe 1170 + 585 = 1755.

Does one plug it into the clothes dryer outlet to make sure her hair is
really dry?

Or are they lying?

110V * 15A = 1650W
120V * 15A = 1800W
125V * 15A = 1875W

Not lying, but deception through arithmetic. Something really common in
advertising.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't
understand it." George Santayana (1863-1952) U.S. philosopher, writer,
professor]

On Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:50:44 -0400, micky
wrote:

I happened to be checking out hair dryers (for someone else) and came
across dryers like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Conair-Dryer-...search&sr=8-12

1875 watts. There were a lot like this

https://www.amazon.com/Revlon-1875W-...-search&sr=8-9

How can one run that from an average outlet that puts out 1650 watts?
or maybe 1170 + 585 = 1755.

Does one plug it into the clothes dryer outlet to make sure her hair is
really dry?

Or are they lying?

Lying
If I really had 120v it would be that 1440w that the NEC limits a 15a
circuit to.

http://gfretwell.com/electrical/1875...ir%20dryer.jpg

I happened to be checking out hair dryers (for someone else) and came
across dryers like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Conair-Dryer-...hrome/dp/B003F
BG88E/ref=sr_1_12?keywords=hair+dryer&link_code=qs&qid=1 563525936&s=ga
teway&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-12

1875 watts. There were a lot like this

https://www.amazon.com/Revlon-1875W-...er/dp/B0027SU9
JU/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=hair+dryer&link_code=qs&qid=15 63525936&s=gatewa
y&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-9

How can one run that from an average outlet that puts out 1650 watts?
or maybe 1170 + 585 = 1755.

Does one plug it into the clothes dryer outlet to make sure her hair
is really dry?

Or are they lying?

I don't know if they are lying or just fudgine the numbers. I have
checked several hair dryers out over the years with test instruments and
they do not consume as much as they are stated as.

I do not recall the exact number,but by code many 120 volt devices are supose
to only be rated for something like 1500 watt in the US.


I guess that the dryers could be rated similar to what I have seen on
computer speakers in the years past. They are rated 50 watts music
power, driven by a small wall cube. Open them up and you will see a 2
to 4 watt speaker. The music power is like when a drum is first struck
and the very peak may reach 50 watts for a micro second or so.

Maybe when the hair dryer is first turned on, the resistance of the
heater is very low and a second later it heats up and the resistance
goes up. So it starts out at 1800 watts for a second or so and falls
back to 1500 . Some vacuum cleaners are rated the same way . The motor
draws a lot of power for the first few seconds as the motor speeds up
and then back to a lesser running power.
Other devices with motors are fudged the same way.