Edit: great approach to understand the matter: https://youtu.be/BGD-oSwJv3E?is=Fe1FimqTCvN-aY1u

I was looking at some transformers:

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But also

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If it outputs 12VA (12V * 1A) of apparent power, then it receives/works with (?) 12VA apparent power. That means that the current in my 230V wall outlet is 12 / 230 ≈ 0.05A. Even a button cell can supply 0.15A per hour… This leads my uninitiated head to believe, that it is mainly high voltages that are not compatible with life.

Please advise? 🙃

  • LurkingLuddite@piefed.social
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    4 hours ago

    They look like they are … to an ignorant incapable of reading comprehension. Which is one reason why the standards are made fun of.

    • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 hour ago

      Care to explain your reasoning, then? Or did you just want to feel smug?

      Edit: boy howdy, looks like you’re completely wrong anyway. While the breakers certainly don’t trip at their exact ratings (good thing I never said that they did) and do take time to trip for certain loads above their ratings, there is an absolute cutoff, somewhere between 2x and 20x their rating depending on the breaker type. So my number was a bit off, should have been 30-500A depending on the breaker type and rating, but it was a lot closer than “never ever at all.”