A homeowner uses a 100-watt incandescent lamp as a heater in an outside well pump house to protect the pump from freezing in cold weather. Unfor- tunately, however, the lamp can burn out and leave the pump unprotected. You have been asked to install a heater that will not burn out and leave the pump un- protected. You have available a 100-watt, 150-ohm wire-wound resistor. Can this resistor be connected to the 120-volt source without damage to the resistor? If so, what would be the power output of the resistor?
A homeowner uses a 100-watt incandescent lamp as a heater in an outside well pump house to protect the pump from freezing in cold weather. Unfor- tunately, however, the lamp can burn out and leave the pump unprotected. You have been asked to install a heater that will not burn out and leave the pump un- protected. You have available a 100-watt, 150-ohm wire-wound resistor. Can this resistor be connected to the 120-volt source without damage to the resistor? If so, what would be the power output of the resistor?
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A homeowner uses a 100-watt incandescent lamp as a heater in an outside well pump house to protect the pump from freezing in cold weather. Unfor-
tunately, however, the lamp can burn out and leave the pump unprotected. You have been asked to install a heater that will not burn out and leave the pump un- protected. You have available a 100-watt, 150-ohm wire-wound resistor. Can this resistor be connected to the 120-volt source without damage to the resistor? If so, what would be the power output of the resistor?
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