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What is an “AMP”?

April 26, 2017AMP

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What is an “AMP”?

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And why is it important for me to know how many watts or amps my equipments draws? This is a very good and much asked question. It’s important to know how much electricity your equipment consumes, because all sources of power are finite. Whether you’re connected to a battery, a standard AC wall outlet, or the power pole outside your theater, there’s a limit to the quantity of power available (albeit a pretty BIG limit, when it comes to the pole’s power line 🙂 This answers the last part of the question, because knowing the wattage or amperage (along with the voltage) allows you to determine the type of power source required to operate your equipment. Now the first parts . . . An amp is a unit of electrical current. The quantity tells you how much electricity is being drawn through the power cable. A product that draws 10 amps sucks twice as much electricity as a product that draws 5 amps. (That’s why it needs thicker wires.) A watt is a unit of electrical power. The quantity tells you

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The ampere, amp for short, is the standard unit of electrical current. It is defined as the current required to produce a certain force between two parallel and infinitely long wires separated by one meter.