Archive for the 'amps' Category

How many amps is needed for a good electric lawn mower?

We’ve got a very small yard of bermuda grass. We’re currently shopping for electric lawn mowers, but don’t know what an acceptable amount of amps would be? We saw one in our price range with 6.5 amps, but for $40 more, we can get a 9 amp mower. Is there a big difference between the [...]

200 AMP circuit breaker box. How do I determine how many amps each switch in the box is wired for?

I need to know the amount of amps each of the receptacles can carry for electric heater purposes. My circuit breaker box says 200 AMPS on the main kill switch, and each of the two rows of switches has tiny numbers on them which don’t seen to indicate how many amps each socket or switch [...]

Is it better to use 2 amps or 10 amps for charging a deep cell trolling battery?

I have a timer on my charger. I was planning on letting the battery charge for 2 hours on 10 amps or maybe 6 hours on 2 amps. What do you think would be best. The battery is not totally discharged it has about half of the charge left according to a meter I have. [...]

How many amps can a standard 9V battery put out without a major voltage drop?

I was hoping to use 6 9V batteries in series to power something drawing around 2 or 2.5 amps. 53 or 54V would be ideal, but anything above 40V is actually acceptable for the source.
Would 6 batteries do the job? Would I have to use 12 or even more to handle the current? Or [...]

How many amps do I charge this battery at?

The battery is 1200 mAh, 8.4 volts.
I can set the charger anywhere from .5 to 4 amps. I have absolutely no idea how this stuff works, can someone tell me what setting of amps? Thanks!
It depends on how fast the charger is for the setting of amps. If you put it on a fast charge [...]

How many amps does a vehicle cig lighter have?

Would like to know how many amps there is when I plug a cigarette lighter adapter into my vehicle?
Amps are only created when there is an electrical load Amps do not exist until there is a load.
So the amount of amps something draws is how much resistance to the electrical flow there is, created [...]

How many amps does a refrigerated truck draw?

I have a box from a refrigerated truck that still has the refrigeration unit on it that I use as a stand alone cooler. I know that it is 220V but I dont know how many amps it draws. The unit on the inside of the cooler is a two fan Bohn, but I need [...]

How many amps does a stock alternator on a diesel skoda octavia VRS put out?

Just looking to find out how many amps my stock alternator would put out on my new car, its a new 2.0l diesel skoda octavia VRS?
it could vary depending on what extras the car has on it if you can see the alternator it will say on it that is probably the only way to [...]

How many amps does a charger for a black and decker 12v drill have?

Need to get a replacement charger for my black and decker 12v cordless drill (CD12OS) but I can’t find how many amps.
Doesn’t say it anywhere on the drill, battery, or in the manual.
I can’t find the CD12OS anywhere. Anyways, you can check its battery specifications (what kind of battery it has) and work from there.

How many amps does an electric car charger outlet need?

The 2012 Ford Focus is coming out this year, and it calls for a 240V outlet to charge it with, and it takes 3-4 hours. How many amps does this draw? It didn’t say in the news article.
Under normal conditions you would need a 40 amps breaker, but see below : ***
This is [...]