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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?

Thin wires have higher resistance to electron flow compared to thicker wires due to increased resistance caused by the smaller cross-sectional area of thin wires. Thicker wires have lower resistance because they offer less resistance to electron flow with their larger cross-sectional area.


EM radiation often emitted by heat lamps heaters and fires?

Infrared radiation is commonly emitted by heat lamps, heaters, and fires. This form of electromagnetic radiation has longer wavelengths than visible light and can be felt as heat when absorbed by an object.


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 are the wires in a house thicker than the wires of a battery operated appliance?

Wires in a house are thicker because they need to carry higher currents over longer distances without overheating or losing too much energy. House wiring is designed to handle the electrical demands of multiple appliances and fixtures, often at 120 or 240 volts. In contrast, battery-operated appliances typically use thinner wires, as they operate at lower voltages and currents, making them easier to manage and less costly to produce. The thicker wires also provide better safety and efficiency for household electrical systems.


Is lotion thicker or thinner in fluid?

Lotion is thicker than fluid.

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Do thin wires have a greater or lesser resistance to electron flow than do thicker wires?

Thin wires have higher resistance to electron flow compared to thicker wires due to increased resistance caused by the smaller cross-sectional area of thin wires. Thicker wires have lower resistance because they offer less resistance to electron flow with their larger cross-sectional area.


EM radiation often emitted by heat lamps heaters and fires?

Infrared radiation is commonly emitted by heat lamps, heaters, and fires. This form of electromagnetic radiation has longer wavelengths than visible light and can be felt as heat when absorbed by an object.


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.


Why are the wires in a house thicker than the wires of a battery operated appliance?

Wires in a house are thicker because they need to carry higher currents over longer distances without overheating or losing too much energy. House wiring is designed to handle the electrical demands of multiple appliances and fixtures, often at 120 or 240 volts. In contrast, battery-operated appliances typically use thinner wires, as they operate at lower voltages and currents, making them easier to manage and less costly to produce. The thicker wires also provide better safety and efficiency for household electrical systems.


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).


Is 0.01 thicker than 0.09?

no 0.10 is thicker, but 0.09 is nine times thicker than 0.01


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 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.


Is 1.125 thicker than 1.78?

no 1.78 is 0.655 thicker than 1.125