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>>The 6 amp motor means it draws 6 amps from the mains. It does not mean
>>ANYTHING as far as how much power it produces, other than that it
>>cannot produce more than 690 watts at 115 volts
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>Have you returned to constant current power distribution with 6 A
>circuits ?
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>Arc lamps in the 1880's were specified by the number of amperes
>(typically 6 A for street lighting). All lamps were series connected
>and you could operate 20-25 of these in series from a 6 A DC generator
>producing a 1000-1500 V DC loaded voltage. Thus, the voltage drop
>across each arc lamp was about 55 V on average.
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