Find the power dissipation of a 1.5 A lamp operating on a 12 V battery.

Steve Smith asked Aug 28, 2023

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Steve Smith asked Aug 28, 2023

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We will have the following:

We recall that power dissipation is given by:

Then:

$P=(1.5A)(12V)\Rightarrow P=18W$

So, the power is 18 Watts.

Nana Kwame answered Sep 1, 2023

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