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Old 06-29-2007, 08:16 PM
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Default Re: element wattage

You should be able to measure the resistance to get an idea. Resistance changes with temperature a little, but should be close.

Power = Voltage * Current

Current = Voltage / Resistance

With simple algebra we can thus say that power = (Voltage * voltage) / resistance
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