Like the compressor in a refrigerator or the.
Garage door amperage draw.
Most garage door openers use 120 volt electricity from a wall outlet located in the garage and draw about 4 amps of current when they are in operation.
It depends on the voltage of the motor and whether it is single phase or 3 phase.
Thus watts volts amps.
Amps x volts watts.
Wait do i need a dedicated circuit for a garage door opener.
If your opener has a 200 watt lighting system for example the lights alone will draw just under 2 amps.
And the number of openers can cause this number to vary.
Gcl t j h fire door operator 60hz.
A 120 vac 2hp single phase motor draws almost 20 amps a 240 vac single phase 2hp motor draws about 10 amps.
What kind of breaker should be attached to a garage door opener.