Like I understand wattage and that a light bulb uses way less watts than say an electric dryer. But what causes less current to be supplied to the light bulb vs the dryer? I assume the power being supplied by the grid wants to force electricity out at a constant rate. So what is built into various circuits that causes the appliance to accept current at a higher or lower load? Is it simply just resistance? I can’t seem to wrap my head around this one.
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You’re all making very great points. I appreciate all this. One more question I’ve come up with now that this discussion has been brewing.
If every consumer of electricity on a grid suddenly decided to flip the main breaker to their home, businesses, warehouse, etc. at the simultaneous EXACT same time, without notifying the utility provider, what would that do to the grid? Would power lines overload from all the electricity currently being pumped via power plants and cause the grid to collapse, explode, what have you?
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