WATTAGE CALCULATION (volt X amp = watts)

     Wattage refers to the amount of power (electricity) consumed by your appliances and equipment. It is important to know a little about it because you need to know wattage in order to choose a Converter or a Transformer for your equipment. The wattage of most appliances and equipment is found on decals or labels of some sort on the appliance or equipment or in the owner's manual. In addition, the decals or labels also usually give the voltage and/or amperage of the appliance.     

 If the wattage isn't given you can still figure it out if you know the voltage and amperage. If you multiply the voltage times the amperage, the result equals the wattage of the appliance or device. For example, the decal on the appliance you want to take overseas doesn't list the wattage but gives the voltage as 120 volts and the amperage is 1.1. To find the wattage of that particular appliance, multiply the voltage 120 times the amperage 1.1, 120X1.1=132 watts. If your devices voltage was 120V and the amperage was .18 then 120x.18 = 21.6 watts.

It is also important to remember that we normally recommend not to exceed 95% of any given inverters continouous output. In other words if you have a converter that supplies 60 watts of continouous output then 60x95%=57 watts. This is the recommended safe limit that the 75 watt inverter - converter above will handle without being overloaded or damaged..