Originally Posted by
JimBrown
How so?
The spec sheet says 3 amps at 250 volts.
That's 750 watts. (W = V * A)
Good old high school math says that A = W / V.
Plugging in 8 Volts and 750 watts, we get A = 750 / 8, which is 93.25 amps.
This is what it is capable of. Not what we actually use. What we actually use as way below that, generally 5 to 8 amps at full stall. Which, at 8 volts, is 40 to 64 watts. Well within the specs.
Again, it's the wires that are the limiting factor.
...jim
I believe the 250V rating is a conductor spacing/isolation specification
3A is the contact current rating
While Power does equal Voltage * Current (ignoring power factor), you can't simply multiply the 2 connector specs ... it doesn't work that way
If you don't believe me try this ...
Take a 1V source and see if the connector can pass 750Amps
According to your math it should since 3*250 is the same as 1*750