- Author
- Beland, B.
- Title
- Inrush Current.
- Journal
- Fire and Arson Investigator, Vol. 46, No. 3, 36-37, March 1996
- Keywords
- electric current | fire investigators | failure | transformers | incandescent lamps
- Identifiers
- inrush current or starting current - when some electrical devices are energized, there is a higher than normal load current that is drawn for a short time; induction motors - used in refrigerators, washing machines, dryers and numerous other fixed applications; series or universal motors; range elements; incandescent lamps; transformers; electronic devices; heating due to starting current; blinking of the lights