We have a twin hotplate that gives the AC 220-240-50hz 1900-2250W

How do I work out if this liable to blow the electrics on our upcoming visit to Dorset?

It will need 9.8 Amps if both plates are on full.

https://www.rapidtables.com/calc/electri...calculator.html

Amps! Not Watts.

yes amps - corrected

Think I will buy a gas one

I thought a 1Kw fire used roughly 4 amps (well 1000W/230V = 4.35amps to be more acurate)
Therefore a 2250W hot plate will consume 9.78amps
Also the 1900W hot plate will consume 8.26amps if turned full on.
So surely if both plates are turned full on you will use 18.04amps which obviously will blow the 16amp campsit supply. Am I right or am I wrong?

And the answer is

Quote: PooleDweller wrote in post #7

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I thought a 1Kw fire used roughly 4 amps (well 1000W/230V = 4.35amps to be more acurate)
Therefore a 2250W hot plate will consume 9.78amps
Also the 1900W hot plate will consume 8.26amps if turned full on.
So surely if both plates are turned full on you will use 18.04amps which obviously will blow the 16amp campsit supply. Am I right or am I wrong?

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If the power goes off at Lychett Minster we'll know who to blame.

Never give this a thought before, if you do exceed the ampage, what do you do, see the guys in the office I suppose if or can it be reset at the plug in point?

a bit of a give-away would be the fact that this unit would be powered through a 13 amp fused plug, so yes the maximum this would draw with both hotplates on is 9.38 amps, I believe the electrical hook-up on a lot of UK sites is backed up with a 10 amp circuit breaker although I stand corrected if this isn't so. Art.