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Re: Calculating amps used for low voltage lighting

Home › Electrical Engineering Forum › General Discussion › Calculating amps used for low voltage lighting › Re: Calculating amps used for low voltage lighting

2011/03/22 at 2:21 pm #11911
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Dave
formula is as follows

 

Current = Power/Volts

 

So:

10x( 50/12 ) = ~42A

5 x (100/240) = ~2A

 

So the obvious answer is no! but they will both cost almost the same to run, you will have some extra overhead for the ELV transformers.

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