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Look on the lamp because somewhere on it the power consumption should be printed.

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There is a legal requirement that a lamp's rated powerand rated voltage is shown on the lamp -often, this is printed on the glass envelope. Realise, however, that any variation from the rated voltage will result in a somewhat-larger variation in the rated power. An alternative method, of course, would be to connect a wattmeter into the lamp's circuit. Strictly-speaking, incidentally, power is NOT 'consumed', but merely tells us the rate at which ENERGY is consumed.

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