Can I use a curling iron with this 50 Watt converter?

[Daboa]

It's a 50 Watt converter and the curling iron says it uses 35 Watts. However, the converter's description says not to use it with heating devices. Why? Shouldn't it be okay if it's under 50 Watts? If not, what should I be looking for?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002XMFCG?ref_=pe_623860_70668520

 

[thx1138v2]

It's hard to say for sure without seeing a schematic of the device but I assume it isn't designed for a purely resistive load. There are, generally speaking, two types of loads run from AC electricity - resistive and inductive. They have different designs or a device can be designed to run both.

A heating element, whether a curling iron or an electric wall heater, is almost all resistive. The resistance is what causes the heat.

An AC electric motor is an example of an inductive load.

So a hair dryer would have both. A resistive part for the heating element and an inductive part for the blower motor.

If it says not to use it with a curling iron then don't.

 

[PNP Andy]

It specifically says not to use it with curling irons. I don't know why that is but I'd probably heed that warning. Electrocution and severe burns are both things I try to avoid.

 

[Daboa]

I went with the product below. It supports higher wattage and doesn't say it's okay to use with curling/flat irons, but there were multiple positive reviews from using it with the same make and model iron my girlfriend uses.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W9DJ1Q/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1