Islandboy85
Well-Known Member
OK, can someone settle this for me. I have heard two stories about using a 240 VAC heating element with 110 VAC. Common sense says halving the power should give you half the wattage out of the heating element. However, I have also been told that it is not linear. If it isn't linear, is there a formula to figure out how many watts you will end up with - for instance: if I want 1800 watts with 110 VAC out of the heating element, could I use a 3500 Watt 240 VAC; or, would I need to use say a 4500 watt 240 VAC element?
Hope that made sense.
Hope that made sense.