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starting watts

Portuguese translation: potência (ou watts) de partida

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English term or phrase:starting watts
Portuguese translation:potência (ou watts) de partida
Entered by: Mary Palmer

01:02 Jan 29, 2013
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English term or phrase: starting watts
Good evening! What does starting watts mean in Portuguese? How would you translate starting in this case? Inicial?


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Use starting watts to size generators and use full load amps to size breakers.
Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 13:29
potência (ou watts) de partida
Explanation:
What is difference between running watts and starting watts?
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When you first turn on a motor it is starting from a static position and more current is required to get the motor up to speed (Starting current) than to keep it running (running current). Since watts equals amps times voltage you can see the difference in wattage is related to current. If you look at watts as work being done it is obvious that it requires more work to get the motor running than to keep it running.
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 18:29
Grading comment
Obrigada mais uma vez Salvador! :)
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4 +2potência (ou watts) de partida
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4potência de arranque
Nick Taylor


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
potência (ou watts) de partida


Explanation:
What is difference between running watts and starting watts?
Engineering Questions
Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Technology > Engineering
Best Answer
When you first turn on a motor it is starting from a static position and more current is required to get the motor up to speed (Starting current) than to keep it running (running current). Since watts equals amps times voltage you can see the difference in wattage is related to current. If you look at watts as work being done it is obvious that it requires more work to get the motor running than to keep it running.

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 18:29
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1764
Grading comment
Obrigada mais uma vez Salvador! :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor Machado
11 mins
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Nadja B Batdorf
50 mins
  -> Obrigado!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
potência de arranque


Explanation:
potência de arranque

Nick Taylor
Local time: 17:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 258
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