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Originally Posted by peegreen Appliances such as heaters, stoves, etc are inductive loads and will demand power according to their ratings |
Actually, they are resistive loads, and resistive loads do that.
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Originally Posted by peegreen An air conditioner, refrigerator that draws 15 amps is a reactive load (motor) that while running consumes 15 amps, but upon each start cycle may require up to 3 times that power for the inrush current. |
There are two kinds of reactive loads, inductive loads and capacitive loads. Motors are mostly inductive loads, but may have some capacitance.