FYI - American vacuum wattage...
is restricted to 1440 watts so as to not overload our household circuits which are designed to carry a maximum of 1800 watts at 120 volts. Now except for electric stoves and clothes dryers which run on 240 volts with a circuit capacity of 7200 watts.
This law was passed over 20 years ago, not for environmental purposes but for safety reasons.
Now most of our modern american cleaners, bagged and bagless, are rated at 1320 to 1440 watts and they clean very well. (1320 watts = 11 amps. 1440 watts = 12 amps)
