Thursday, September 15, 2011

What would happen is a an appliance from North America was taken to Europe and plugged into a 240V outlet?

Electrical appliances are designed to offer a particular resistance. In North America, they are designed to be plugged in to a 120 V outlet.





a.) too much current would be drawn


b.) not enough current would be drawn


c.) the resistance of the appliance would be too large


d.) the power consumed would be too small|||the answer is a.





in real life majic smoke would come out of the appliance at it would never work again with out a lot of the innards being replace.





also a possible fire.

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