..if it can even do that?
I’m setting up a temporary fence for a couple of horses and I’m so confused, I find energizers with 12volts and ones with 20.000 volts. I’ve borrowed one with 9500 volts, and 1,5 joule, that I’m hoping won’t fry my thread (0,35 ohm, one copper thread and 4 stainless steel ones).
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Well, volts and energy aren’t the same. A standard 220v outlet (to my knowledge – I live in the states so I don’t work with 220v standards) outputs up to 10 amps. That’s 2,200 watts (volts times amps). As long as energy/power are conserved, you can play with the voltage quite a bit. You can bump your voltage up tenfold, but your current must decrease by tenfold as well. 2,200 volts? 1 amp. At 9,000v you’d be at 0.24 amps, assuming 100% conversion efficiency.
If something tries to draw too much current (amps) the voltage drops – this is conservation of energy stepping in to maintain the balance.
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