Basic Electrical Engineering A homeowner uses 100-watt incandescent lamps as a heater in an outside well pump house to protect the pump from freezing in cold weather. Unfortunately, however, the lamp can burn out and leave pump unprotected. You have been asked to install a hearth that will not burn out and leave the pump unprotected. 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? (Hint: Use power formula)

Basic Electrical Engineering A homeowner uses 100-watt incandescent lamps as a heater in an outside well pump house to protect the pump from freezing in cold weather. Unfortunately, however, the lamp can burn out and leave pump unprotected. You have been asked to install a hearth that will not burn out and leave the pump unprotected. 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? (Hint: Use power formula)

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Author:Robert L. Boylestad

Publisher:Robert L. Boylestad

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