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What do you mean by power rating of an electrical appliance? How do you use it to calculate the resistance of the appliance?

Important Questions on Electrical Power and Household Circuits

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What do you mean by power rating of an electrical appliance? How do you use it to calculate the safe limit of current in it, while in use?

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An electric bulb is rated '100 W, 250 V'. What information does this convey?
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List the names of three electrical gadgets used in your house. Write their power, voltage rating and approximate time for which each one is used in a day. Hence find the electrical energy consumed by each in a day.
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Two lamps, one rated 220 V, 50 W and the other rated 220 V, 100 W, are connected in series with mains of voltage 220 V. Explain why does the 50 W  lamp consume more power?

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Name the factors on which the heat produced in a wire depends when current is passed in it, and state how does it depend on the factors stated by you.
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When a current I flows through a resistance R for time t, the electrical energy spent is

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An electrical appliance has a rating 100 W, 120 V. The resistance of element of the appliance when in use is
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A current of 2 A is passed through a coil of resistance 75 Ω for 2 minutes. How much heat energy is produced?