Help urgent!with domestic items [ sorry not comps]

aplc4miead · Post by **aplc4miead** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:59 pm

ok i wont get into details since im in a hurry. but! i hooked up my microwave + my tv into a transformer with a capacity of 1200 watts. the microwave + tv equaled 1137 watts. but after a few seconds. the tv, mic stopped.

Could the 63 watt left over could have burned the tv?

kinda in a hurry. if u can help me thanks

-raffi

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:23 pm

I don't know anything about electricity, but your situation sounds shocking.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:26 pm

Extra watts won't cause anything to blow, if anything, in your case it was lack of, that blew the transformer. Watts is the capacity of the transformer. Any electrical device draws a certain amount of watts from it's source. Microwaves tend to draw quite a lot, TVs enough, but not a huge amount. though I think in your case the micro and TV was too much for the transformer to handle, so you blew the transformer. As long as the voltages match, you can't/should not blow the equipment. Ex: most appliances run on 120 volts, so as long as you feed it ~120 your ok, if you feed it 240, then you're looking for trouble. but wether you plug it in a 15 amp/120V outlet (1800watt capacity) or a 30amp/120volt(3600watt capacity) outlet, it does not matter.

Just make sure that the wattage rating of an appliance is less then the wattage output of a power source. Think of it as money, every time you plug in a device into the source, it needs to borry a certain amount of money.

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aplc4miead · Post by **aplc4miead** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:32 pm

Red Squirrel wrote: Extra watts won't cause anything to blow, if anything, in your case it was lack of, that blew the transformer. Watts is the capacity of the transformer. Any electrical device draws a certain amount of watts from it's source. Microwaves tend to draw quite a lot, TVs enough, but not a huge amount. though I think in your case the micro and TV was too much for the transformer to handle, so you blew the transformer. As long as the voltages match, you can't/should not blow the equipment. Ex: most appliances run on 120 volts, so as long as you feed it ~120 your ok, if you feed it 240, then you're looking for trouble. but wether you plug it in a 15 amp/120V outlet (1800watt capacity) or a 30amp/120volt(3600watt capacity) outlet, it does not matter.

Just make sure that the wattage rating of an appliance is less then the wattage output of a power source. Think of it as money, every time you plug in a device into the source, it needs to borry a certain amount of money.

Red Squirrel. thank you so much man=] i was afraid i busted the t.v. and the microwave. As long as its the transformer then its fine. thanks for putting me out of my misery. all the best. have a great life. and continue to help the senseless like me not to make such a mess around the house.
Ramble on!
-raffi

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:38 pm

But have you tried connecting something else in the transformer? I would at least test it to make sure it really is that.

You never know with electricity sometimes... lol

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aplc4miead · Post by **aplc4miead** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:41 pm

yeah i tried hooking up my xbox. didnt work. and i cant find another trasformer. [ i moved to brasil so its 240 instead of 120]. so when i find another one ill post it here on what happened. but i hope your right=P. you sound like you know what your talking about.

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Bookworm · Post by **Bookworm** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:27 pm

aplc4miead wrote: you sound like you know what your talking about.

He's good at that. Even when he doesn't know what he's talking about, he can make it sound like he knows what he's talking about.

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Stasi · Post by **Stasi** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:11 am

Bookworm wrote:
aplc4miead wrote: you sound like you know what your talking about.

He's good at that. Even when he doesn't know what he's talking about, he can make it sound like he knows what he's talking about.

That'd be really funny if it wasn't true!

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