Curry’s tepanyaki hotplate

[Billy Casper]

Browsing around currys I looked in their camping section and there was a decent looking hot plate at a reasonable price. I’ve had this kind of thing recommended (I’m not a barbecue man and this is light).
It states it’s 2000w. Is this even usable at that wattage on hookup or with a Jackery box or will it just trip everything?
Any alternative suggestions?

 

[ChrisL]

It states it’s 2000w. Is this even usable at that wattage on hookup

2000w/240v = 8.33 amps so yes on most uk hookups and okay on continental 10 amp hookups if you're not drawing much current from other devices and no from a 6 amp hookup.

 

[sueandjohn]

2000w/240v = 8.33 amps so yes on most uk hookups and okay on continental 10 amp hookups if you're not drawing much current from other devices and no from a 6 amp hookup.

Good job someone’s up with all that physics stuff

 

[Billy Casper]

2000w/240v = 8.33 amps so yes on most uk hookups and okay on continental 10 amp hookups if you're not drawing much current from other devices and no from a 6 amp hookup.

Thank you. I did those maths but convinced myself it must be more complicated than that! I'll havw a go at anything but electrics terrify me.

 

[Lenny HB]

Thank you. I did those maths but convinced myself it must be more complicated than that! I'll havw a go at anything but electrics terrify me.

It is for real accuracy as that figure only gives you apparent power, for true power you need to take into account the power factor of the load.

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[ChrisL]

It is for real accuracy as that figure only gives you apparent power, for true power you need to take into account the power factor of the load.

That is correct, however as the item in question is a resistive load (heating element) I assumed a power factor of 1, I should have made that clearer, so the equation should be amps = watts/(volts x power factor) yes? When calculating a/c current draw.