GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agohow much power does your system need?message-squaremessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squarehow much power does your system need?GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
minus-square__nobodynowhere@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-215 days agoA watt is 1 Joule per Second (1 J/s). E.g. Every second, your device draws 1 Joule of energy. This energy over time is called “Power” A watt-hour is (1 J/s) * (1 hr) This can be rewritten as (3600 J/hr) * (1 hr). The “per hour” and “hour” cancel themselves out which makes 1 watt-hour equal to 3600 Joules. 1 kWh is 3,600 kJ or 3.6 MJ
A watt is 1 Joule per Second (1 J/s). E.g. Every second, your device draws 1 Joule of energy. This energy over time is called “Power”
A watt-hour is (1 J/s) * (1 hr)
This can be rewritten as (3600 J/hr) * (1 hr). The “per hour” and “hour” cancel themselves out which makes 1 watt-hour equal to 3600 Joules.
1 kWh is 3,600 kJ or 3.6 MJ