I have a kettle element here thats rated 2.4kW @ 240V and 2.016kW @220V. Does that make sense to any sparkies here to draw 10A @ 240A and roughly 9A @ 220V. Using it here in Ireland which is 220V. Are the modern day screw on kettle element limited to 10A max as C15 hot type connectors are rated for 10A ? I have an old becker element that goes to 2.75kW @240V but that has the old round type pins.
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That looks fine for me.
elements are rated nominally at 2, 2.2 2.4 and 2.75 KW at 230V which is about the mean supply in the UK/Europe . . .IIRC the voltage can be -10% and +15% of that 230V (For some reason 275V is Nagging at me but I think that's something like +15% on 240V) . . . wattage will of course vary . . . as will the current draw depending on voltage, but yes those figures seem sensible to me.
elements are rated nominally at 2, 2.2 2.4 and 2.75 KW at 230V which is about the mean supply in the UK/Europe . . .IIRC the voltage can be -10% and +15% of that 230V (For some reason 275V is Nagging at me but I think that's something like +15% on 240V) . . . wattage will of course vary . . . as will the current draw depending on voltage, but yes those figures seem sensible to me.
EskiBrew
Regular.
Aleman said:
In the UK it's 230V +10% -6% (although it is due to change to 230V +/-10% soon) which allows us to say we are harmonised with Europe even though the European system is still nominally at 220V and UK is still nominally at 240V!
Because of this, UK mains can be in the range 216.2V to 253V. If you happen to live out in the sticks on a tapered supply line then you could either be on the high side near to the transformer and expect your fillament lamps to have a shorter life and your kettle and beer to boil more quickly or on the low side at the end of the line when you can expect your lights to be dim and the kettle to take longer to boil
In Ireland, it is 220V +6% -10% (again set to change to +/-10% sometime soon). So 220V + 6% is 243.8V. This is the legal maximum and unlikely unless you live right next to the substation and have high volts. If that was the case then because your kettle element is 24 Ohms, you could potentially get 10.16A.
The old type becker element I have runs at 11.45A at both 220V and 240V ,calculating back from the wattages. I was just hoping really my element was stamped wrong giving me 2.2kW at 220V :) Want the water heated quickly.
Vossy1
Landlord.
I have some of the 'old' 3 round pin leads from backer, but at £12 they're not cheap :shock:
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