HellasTechn
- Apr 14, 2013
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Hi !
I have this silly quiestion. Most ships i work on have 110V-120V mains power (two supply lines of 60 volts 180 deg out of phase). I also have a solder iron that works on 220V and gives 40W. This solder iron is consisted of the heating element and a 1N4007 diode in series.
If i remove the diode then i should be able to connect it to 110V but will it give the same 40 W ?
this is my way of thinking:
At 50 hz and with the diode on the heating element receives 25 pulses of 110V per second and produces 40W.
At 100V without the diode it will receive around 60 pulses of 60 V per second.
So wattage should be about the same or slightly higher right ?
Am i thinking correctly ?
I have this silly quiestion. Most ships i work on have 110V-120V mains power (two supply lines of 60 volts 180 deg out of phase). I also have a solder iron that works on 220V and gives 40W. This solder iron is consisted of the heating element and a 1N4007 diode in series.
If i remove the diode then i should be able to connect it to 110V but will it give the same 40 W ?
this is my way of thinking:
At 50 hz and with the diode on the heating element receives 25 pulses of 110V per second and produces 40W.
At 100V without the diode it will receive around 60 pulses of 60 V per second.
So wattage should be about the same or slightly higher right ?
Am i thinking correctly ?