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Heaters draw a lot more amperage. As your amperage increases, so does resistance to the flow of the current. Too much resistance, and your wire overheats, melts the casing, and can potentially catch fire.
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Do thin wires have a greater or lesser resistance to electron flow than do thicker wires?
Thinner wire has greater resistance than thicker wire, assuming the same amount of current.
Why are wires supplying electric current to the water heater thicker than those supplying current to the lights?
the water heater operates at high power compared to the lights and so the water heater requires a larger current. The wires supplying current to the water heater are thicker so that the wires have a low resistance. This reduces the risk of the wires overheating.
Why do some appliances need thicker wire cable than others what would happen if thin cables is used?
Some wires need to be thicker than others because depending on the appliance a different amount of voltage will be passing through the wires. If a wire was very thin the wire would get so hot it would burn, melt and/or catch on fire. Hope this helps.
Is lotion thicker or thinner in fluid?
Lotion is thicker than fluid.
Which one is thicker water or oil?
Oil is thicker than water
Do thin wires have a greater or lesser resistance to electron flow than do thicker wires?
Thinner wire has greater resistance than thicker wire, assuming the same amount of current.
Why transmission lines are thicker than TV cable wires?
Transmission lines are thicker than TV cable wires because the transmission lines are used to transmit both low freq and high freq signals. And the losses of the transmission lines depend the resistance of the line which inturn depend upon length and area. As we have to transmitt the signals over long distances the transmission lines are thicker in size.Whereas in TV cable wires the construction is totally different in which transmission of signals is in between two conductors thereby avoiding losses.Therefore there is no necessity for these lines to be made thicker. That is why transmission lines are thicker than TV cable wires.
Thin wires have a what resistance to electron flow than do thicker wires?
Thin wires have a greater resistance rhan thick wires. Imagine a straw. The thinner the straw. the less liquid can get through. Wires work the same way.
Why are wires supplying electric current to the water heater thicker than those supplying current to the lights?
the water heater operates at high power compared to the lights and so the water heater requires a larger current. The wires supplying current to the water heater are thicker so that the wires have a low resistance. This reduces the risk of the wires overheating.
What is thicker than what on a convex lens?
The center is thicker than the borders.The center is thicker than the borders.The center is thicker than the borders.The center is thicker than the borders.
Do thicker wires use more energy than thinner wires?
Wires themselves don't really consume energy. The only time the power consumption of wires comes into concern is when they are run at long distances. Short distances of wires consume so little energy that the amount is quite negligible. The power loss is due to the conductors heating up as the current flows through them. In your case the thicker wires would cause less resistance to the flow of current and would in turn cause less heating.
Are oil space heaters better than electric heaters?
An oil filled electric space heater produces a more "even" heating without the hotspots that standard electric space heaters can produce. Also it is not possible for something poked into the oil filled electric space heater to touch the electrical heating element wires as is possible in standard electric space heaters (which would shock you).
Why do some appliances need thicker wire cable than others what would happen if thin cables is used?
Some wires need to be thicker than others because depending on the appliance a different amount of voltage will be passing through the wires. If a wire was very thin the wire would get so hot it would burn, melt and/or catch on fire. Hope this helps.
Is 0.01 thicker than 0.09?
no 0.10 is thicker, but 0.09 is nine times thicker than 0.01
Is 1.125 thicker than 1.78?
no 1.78 is 0.655 thicker than 1.125
Do wolves have thicker skin than humans?
yes much thicker than humans thir bones are thicker too
Do tankless water heaters cost more than normal water heaters?
Yes, the tankless water heaters do cost more than the normal water heaters because tankless water heaters are designed to supply hot water only when needed unlike normal ones.
