Fogger/Mister Amp Draw

[mojave green]

Hello all. been reading gettogro's fabulous thread and he mentioned one of these or something like it:

Item: DK6-24
Input: 120V/24VAC
High output 6 jet Ocean Mist Maker with indoor/outdoor transformer, 33' long cord between transformer and fogger.
Fogger size 10"(L) x 2.5"(W) x 2"(H).
Fogger housing: Stainless Steel
Discs: 20mm discs

So i got it and it works great. however i'm concerned about the amp draw and don't have killowatt meter or a clamp on amp meter to measure the true amp draw. The transformer says output is 24vdc 8.1 amps. holy shit i say! thas alota electricity. however, the fuse in the transformer is only a 3 amp. i'm hoping that the transformer specs are what's it's potential is, and not what it is truly drawing. otherwise it would blow the fuse yeah? anybody else have any experience/knowledge info on these? the company has one that has an Input: 230V/24V AC (for European country), which is i'm presuming is also 50hz instead of 60. i wanna get that one as it will draw half the amp's. i got the 230/240 (i think i measured the outlet at 229vac or so) but i'm concerned about the frequency. not sure if the transformer or the disc unit would like 60hz. help?
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[mojave green]

cut off the plug from the european trnsformer and soldered on an american 220 plug. works like a champ for half the amp draw!

 

[Hydrolized]

You were only pulling 1.6A with 120. Now your pulling 0.8A. the 8 amps was at 24v post-transformer...you would convert to watts consumed, then convert to amps using the input voltage. 8A x 24v = 192 watts 192/120 = 1.6A. Probably will pull a little more due to losses in the transformer etc.