How many watts and amps does this use? How hot will it get?
1300986
The UL label states it is a 50-watt product. I do not know how many amps it uses. As for how hot it gets, after heating my food for about an hour I am still blowing on the last bite to cool it before eating it. The food gets very hot.
1300987
The food gets hot. I leave it under my desk for about 2 hours and sometimes I wish I had an ice cube for my soup. It is not high amp, I have it hooked up on a power strip at my office with other things plugged in and it is fine.
1300988
I'm not quite sure of how many watts/amps it uses...It warms to the perfect temperature for eating...Not too hot - just unplug and eat!!!!!
1300989
It doesn't get HOT. It WARMS food so it's ready when you want it. Don't know about watts.
1904674
I have the two channel 240 watt amp. It doesn't get hot at all. Works very well for what I need it to do.
968893
I didn't find the amps listed anywhere but the wattage is listed at 1500 and it is a 110 (115) volt. Amps = Watts/volts or Amps = 1500/115 or 13 amps. Does that sound right?
651988
Based on what I am seeing, it wastes very little energy.I needed 2 amps peak. This unit will operate continuously at 2 amps.Because I do not have it running at maximum current, I do not know the amperage at which it gets hot enough to need a heat sink.It appears that losses from the unit itself are minor, but I have not yet measured that value.
1953434
In theory, 11.8 amps. I wouldn't use it for anything much over 8 or 9 amps - that gives you almost a 1000 watts of power. Remember, 1000 watts means you will be drawing over 80 amps from your battery!
1512369
the one I have is 500 watts--500 divided by 110 volts = 4.54 amps. simple formula watts divided by volts = amps used
2267551
I don't know how many amps, however, it is more powerful than others that I have used. It still isn't quite as powerful as I would like, but better than most.
318770
I believe it is rated to 100 amps. You might check with Watt's up to see if you are within limits.
1053079
4 watts is almost no heat at all. i would not worry in the least. try it out before you put it in the cage and feel how hot it gets so you feel at ease about it.
1107331
It is only 2 amps. Watts = amps x volts, so you will only end up getting 24 watts out of it. It will work, but it won't power it to its potential.
425395
Mine unit is not hot. I'm pulling twice as many watts (~235W). I run for 5 hours. Its sounds like you have a problem, maybe a fire hazard. I'm not sure of the electrical specs, if you have a voltmeter you might try measuring the voltage or amps.
768829
I don't know how many watts it uses, but I know it does not blow a circuit when other electrical appliances are being used. I would say, it uses as much as a crockpot.
1871313
The label on the bottom say it uses 10 watts. 120 v times X amps = 10 watts so amps = 10 watts / 120 v = 0.0833 amps
1183402
I just looked at the Motor Head. It says .8 Amps I hope That helps you. It has 4 settings regarding heat. 4 is the warmest but not hot at all.
1597482
Hello Jerome,I am not sure of the wattage used,but I am guessing not that bad! I would like to know myself, anybody that knowsplease inform us, thanks in advance.
235287
In practice it's more like 6 amps, but at room temperature mine runs less than 20% of the time. Of course the lower the temperature it's set at and/or the higher the ambient temperature is the more it runs. I fear there is no one size fits all scenarios answer to this question. Also in practice, I had no trouble running two of these in the upper 90's (daytime, of course) on about 800 watts of solar panels.
959663
According to the manual, on high heat it is 1500 watts. and 750 on low heat