An electric cooker has an oven rated 3kW, a grill rated 2kW and two rings each rated 500W. The cooker operates from 240V...

      

An electric cooker has an oven rated 3kW, a grill rated 2kW and two rings each rated 500W. The cooker
operates from 240V mains. Would a 5A fuse be suitable for the cooker assuming that all the parts are switched
on?

  

Answers


Moraa
Ioven=500/240 =12.5A
Igrill=2000/240 =8.8A
2Irings=(2x500)/240 =4.17A
Total cooker current =12.5+8.8+4.17
=25.0A
Moraa orina answered the question on April 11, 2018 at 17:48


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