<div dir="ltr">Very rough estimate, cold (room temperature) R of a tungsten filament<div>is about 1/10 the R at full rated power.</div><div><br></div><div>Thus a 600W lamp draws 5A at 120V, the hot R is 24 ohms,</div><div>cold R is someplace near 2.4 ohms.</div><div><br></div><div>Inrush current can start near 50A, very quickly drops off.</div><div>Most common circuit breakers are designed to handle this.</div><div><br></div><div>Charging capacitors in a power supply,</div><div>or starting a heavily-loaded electric motor,</div><div>are different ballgames.</div><div><br></div><div>Nichrome resistance heaters (toaster, hair dryer, baseboard heater)</div><div>have maybe 90% of hot R when cold...</div><div>but their "hot" isn't white-hot like a lamp (at least not for long !)</div><div><br></div><div>Small children's resistance to compliance with parental instruction</div><div>varys with instantaneous food content.</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>...Dan Sheehan<br>Fixer of things that break</div><div>Saddleback,Maine must NOT become a Lost Ski Area<br><br></div></div></div>
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