Hairdryers

[bennie]

Re: Hairdryers

bph: For what it's worth your knowledge and intellect is impressive.

From one who has spent five years on the internet forums with over three thousand postings and over 50 years in the trade, I hope I can judge.

Hang in there.

Regards: Bennie

 

[iwire]

Re: Hairdryers

hornetd,

Thanks for the info, while I knew where to look for info. on a heat gun I had no idea where to start to look for hairdryer info. We do not even have a hairdryer in the house I could measure. (My kids are still young)

I am still surprised they need such a high wattage, I imagine that the airflow is much higher then the heatgun so they need that much wattage to get a usable temp out of it.

 

[bphgravity]

Re: Hairdryers

Thank you BENNIE! It is worth more than you know coming from you. I wish you the best and look forward to many more years of learning from you. Thanks again.

 

[bennie]

Re: Hairdryers

Anyone with one of those testers that measure voltage drop, with a 15 amp load applied, make some readings on various bath room receptacles.

I had one but smoked it on an open neutral circuit

 

[mikeackley]

Re: Hairdryers

Those mulit-wire circuits will get you every time bennie.

[ March 25, 2003, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: mikeackley ]

 

[larry dimock]

Re: Hairdryers

Being the one who started this thread, thanks you for all your replies. I am finding that 1875-watt hairdryers are very common now. When the most they ever used to be was 1600, I started wondering how they could do that, since the 80% rule does mean an appliance with 15amp cord cap should be limited to 1500 watts. Portable space heaters still obey that idea, but why are hairdryers getting away with violating it?
Maybe somebody in manufacturing knows whose palm got greased.
I think I'll start telling the customer to take the hairdryer back to the store, since it seems to be illegal and is causing them grief.