are electric heaters essentially short circuits? 831 viewsJanuary 3, 2024 Question100.55K February 16, 2021 0 Comments I was looking at an electric heater and it seems to be just some red hot wire and a fan, how can it get so hot without triggering the circuit breaker? Is it a big load? Is it something like the little filament on a lightbulb? In: Engineering 5 Answers ActiveNewestOldest Anonymous Posted February 16, 2021 0 Comments No they are essentially resistors and filament lightbulbs are the same – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor You are viewing 1 out of 5 answers, click here to view all answers. Register or Login
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