current draw
collocation in Englishmeanings of current and draw
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(Definition of current and draw from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of current draw
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The higher power factor reduces the peak current draw, reducing load on the circuit or on an uninterruptible power supply.
A stiffer supply will sustain the voltage for a heavier current draw before collapsing.
The high power consumption and current draw of large scale garden models is more easily and safely met with internal rechargeable batteries.
Typically, due to the high current draw when starting the pump motor, hydraulic elevators are not run using standard emergency power systems.
Fieldbus communication works by the field device modulating its current draw.
In backscatter modulation, the power-receiver coil is loaded, changing the current draw at the power transmitter.
In contrast, arc fault circuit breakers use magnetic or other means to detect increases in current draw much more quickly.
When the current draw in a device changes, the power supply can not respond to that change instantaneously.
It is only when a load is applied to the motor that slows the rotor that the current draw through the motor increases.
Consider a battery that has been completely discharged (such as occurs when leaving the car lights on overnight, a current draw of about 6 amps).
The power supply must accommodate these variations in current draw with as little change as possible in the power supply voltage.
The engine cranking motor current draw will exceed the fuse rating in a cigarette lighter outlet.
That was possible because there was essentially no current draw on these batteries; they could thus last for many years (often longer than all the tubes) without requiring replacement.
In fact, the code predicts that the fast electron current draws instantaneously a cold return current from the plasma, with almost complete neutralization.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
As the input voltage falls, the current draw will increase to maintain the same output voltage and current, until such a point that the power supply malfunctions.
Owing to the high current draw, the system is engineered to operate only when the engine is running, and normally switches off after 10 minutes of operation.
The coupling to the rotor is weak until it gets moving and the current drawn by the motor is high.
This also correspondingly minimizes the current drawn from the source device.
The input impedance of the amplifier is regarded as so high that the current drawn by the input is neglected.
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