Hmm, that really doesn't make sense, the resisitve properties of the line must be quite high to cause a increase in wattage of that magnitude. I kinda doubt the explanation Dolphin gave you. Maybe a electrical engineer can jump in and give us a guiding light.
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Originally posted by DJ88:
The difference in wattage is due to line losses from the motor to the wall. So in effect we are BOTH right. The motor uses 150W but from the wall 222Watts is used. The wattage difference between the two is lost due to resistances in the wiring from the wall to the pump motor.
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