Re: ATM motor wattage

["Peter D. Brooks" <pdbrooks@pacbell.net>]

Dwight Elvey wrote:
> 
> "Thomas Janstrom" <tomjan@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > Could some one give me a reality check on this, the wattage of an electrical
> > device
> > is (can be) given by P = V^2/R from this I get a wattage of 616W. Now the
> > only
> > info I have on the motor in question is RPMs (2800), current drawn
> > (2.8amps), and opperating voltage (220V @ 50hz).....
> >
> using about 200 to 250 Watts. If you can find specs on the motor,

250 watts?  Sounds low for a 220V/2.8A motor.  OTOH, I do integrated circuits,
not motors, so I could have missed something.

Pete Brooks