An 1800 W toaster, a 1 . 3 kW electric fan and a 100 W lamp are plugged in the same 120 V circuit i.e., all the three devices are in parallel. What is the approximate value of the total current (i.e.

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An 1800 W toaster, a 1 . 3 kW electric fan and a 100 W lamp are plugged in the same 120 V circuit i.e., all the three devices are in parallel. What is the approximate value of the total current (i.e. the sum of current drawn by the three devices) through the circuit?

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Power consumed P = P 1 + P 2 + P 3 .....(i) And P = V I From Equation. (i), we get P 1 + P 2 + P 3 = V I ⇒ 1800 + 1300 + 100 W = 120 I ⇒ 3200 = 120 I I = 26.66 A ≈ 27 A

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