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Thread ID: 149109 2020-07-01 00:22:00 Your help, please Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1470010 2020-07-01 00:22:00 We have a Dish TV Freeview aerialBox T2200 Recorder and although I have looked on the website I have not been able to find out the wattage. Any ideas?

Your help is appreciated.:thanks
Roscoe (6288)
1470011 2020-07-01 00:37:00 I don't think I can help tell you the watts of this but explaining how it's calculated, you maybe able to get a good indication of what it could be if you get 2 pieces of the puzzle.

Watts = Amps x Volts
Watts / Amps = Volts
Watts / Volts = Amps

(x is multiplication and / is division)

e.g.
15W Bulb 12V, what's the Amps? 1.25A
Kame (312)
1470012 2020-07-01 01:04:00 Thanks for that, Kame. You have reminded me of what I learnt at school 50 years ago.

I looked on the back of the unit and it had the amps and volts displayed. It worked out at 30w which is just what I wanted to know as I want to power it from a 150w inverter and so that should be alright.

Much appreciated.
Roscoe (6288)
1470013 2020-07-01 01:16:00 Vote Kame for PCWorld Chat Resident Sparky :clap:clap:clap

:D
WalOne (4202)
1470014 2020-07-01 02:17:00 The amps listed on things is often just a max figure and higher than what will actually be used. Most likely more of a guide to what size power supply to use rather than an actual load number.

I bought myself a cheap watt meter a few years ago, about $20 I think. Comes in handy now and again.
dugimodo (138)
1470015 2020-07-01 04:30:00 I don't think I can help tell you the watts of this but explaining how it's calculated, you maybe able to get a good indication of what it could be if you get 2 pieces of the puzzle.

Watts = Amps x Volts
Watts / Amps = Volts
Watts / Volts = Amps

(x is multiplication and / is division)

e.g.
15W Bulb 12V, what's the Amps? 1.25A

LOL, that's what husband does.....gives a lecture, and he loves to go on about ohms for some reason. I still haven't learned the ohms...

Recently he asked me how much oil for 80ml petrol (50:1)which led to a lecture on mls etc..as if I didn't know that, I said, cooking involves mls, grams, converting to spoons, cups and back etc...I do it all the time....
piroska (17583)
1470016 2020-07-01 05:43:00 ...gives a lecture, and he loves to go on about ohms for some reason. .

next time ask him about reactance , tell him you need to know that for AC , should quieten things down . :-)
(reactance is a bit like ohms for AC , but more math involved )
:thumbs:
1101 (13337)
1470017 2020-07-01 09:24:00 We have a Dish TV Freeview aerialBox T2200 Recorder and although I have looked on the website I have not been able to find out the wattage. Any ideas?

Your help is appreciated.:thanks

Just be aware that the output of your Inverter should probably be Sinusoidal, or you may run into problems. ;)
B.M. (505)
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