Questions tagged [ampere-hour]
A unit of battery capacity configured for easy calculation. The SI corresponding unit is Coloumb ( unit of "C") which is a measurement of charge. A=C/s (A=Amps) so A*hour are dimensionally similar with a scale factor of 60*60=3600. This roughly tells you how much current a battery will supply for how long. Note that this is an estimate of the total power delivered, the voltage of the battery will vary with current level as well as charge level.
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Watt to amp-hours of AC device
Please help me understand the calculation in this table. The writer has a 12V batery connected to a 12V/110V inverter connected to standard house-hold AC appliances.
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Are watts and volt-amperes the same thing?
I understand that multiplying the voltage and amp-hours gives me the watt hours.
I also understand that the volt-ampere is apparent power whereas watts are real power.
What is the difference between ...
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Calculating amperage from capacitor
I am calculating the output of a capacitor bank in A/s using Q = C·V, but I need to get the raw amperage. Can I do I = Q/t (in seconds)?
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Understanding UPS runtime without Ah rating
Situation: I want to use a cell phone booster only, whose little power supply says 5 V 1 A and use a UPS just for that only in case of power outage.
With the ~$100 ...
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Why doesn't my battery pack run a 12 V lamp very long?
I am new to this forum. While I have been experimenting with electronics for years, I guess I am still a novice. Please help me understand why my battery pack doesn't run a 12 V LED lamp very long.
I ...
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Measure mWh - mAh of an MCU-centered circuit [closed]
I build battery-powered circuits with MCUs that consume a few uA in sleep "stage." For total power consumption measurement (and therefore battery-lifetime), I used to use this but recently ...
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Will powering a device with a source that can provide more current than the device needs damage the device? [duplicate]
I am trying to build a power supply for my LCD monitor.
It consumes 19.5V and 1.7 amperes.
I am using a 12 volt 16 ampere lead acid battery. I have used a step up boost converter to increase the ...
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Wiring different amp hour batteries in parallel
Can I wire 2 lithium batteries of the same make but different amp hours in parallel? I need 300 Ah in my battery bank. Can I wire a 12 V 200 Ah lithium battery and a 12 V 100 Ah lithium battery in ...
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B2424S-2WR2 supply current
Anyone already use B2424S-2WR2 ?
I want connected it with TSR 1-2450 but still confuse will it can supply good current to TSR 1-2450
here the schematic
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car battery to charge deep-cycle (service) battery circuit
I need to connect my car battery (TUDOR TB500) to a deep-cycle battery that I will use for little services (LIFEPO4 12.8V 42Ah). I will put a voltage sensitive relay (that cut in at 13.3V and cut out ...
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Calculate battery requirement
I am really new into this. I hope I phrased my question appropiately
Assuming I have 200 Ah / 6 volt battery rating, that would mean it could cover 1.2 kWh load.
And if I need to run my 400 kWh / 220 ...
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Batteries with close capacity in series
I purchased an EPS systen of 2000VA, 36V.
Due to a crisis in my country I was able to find 3 batteries, one is a 180Ah deep cycle battery, the other two are 170Ah batteries. It's all I could find.
I ...
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Relationship between plating thickness, surface area, and ampere-hours
I am reading a PDF titled Electrochemistry for the Electronics Industry. I am having a hard time understanding the relationship between metals and the Ah (ampere-hour) relationship.
For the ...
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Amps and AmpHr? [duplicate]
What's the difference between 7Amps and 7AH, can someone give a simple explanation?
Every answer I find is not helping me, for a beginner how do you explain this?
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Use and charge a Lithium battery at the same time
I have read this question and its answers : How a battery is being charged and used as the same time?
Question 1 : I would like to know if the same concept can be applied to Lithium battery.
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Calculate the ampere hour rating of a battery using current over time and voltage over time
I built a battery and measured the current and voltage of the battery over time. Is there a way I can use this information easily to calculate the ampere hour capacity of the battery?
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Calculating 12v Battery Ah
Forgive the ignorance here, electricity is a weak point of mine and I'm trying to wrap my head around it all.
I'm trying to find out how many Ah exist in an old lead acid battery. I hooked up an ...
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Peltier Kits Cooling [closed]
I bought 4 12V Tech-12706 Peltier Kits
Room Temperature Average 30' C
How many Kits I have to install to cool a Insulated ACP Sheet Box Area of 3 Cubic Feet / 90 Litre ?
I tried Calculator but could ...
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Way to calculate the draw limit on a battery
Is there a way to calculate the draw limit on a battery, using any of the Ah, C-Rating, etc. values to solve for the unknown? If so, how do you do it?
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Calculating Battery Life with different working voltages
I have device that draws 30 uA in current continuously, and it is powered by a Panasonic CR2032 device (240 mAh - continuous standard load current: 0.2 mA ).
There are two components on this device, ...
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Why is electricity consumption billed in watts and not amperes?
Basically the subject. Why would companies bill for wattage instead of amperes?
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Confused about battery rating specifications [duplicate]
I'm confused about how to understand battery capacity by its ratings. I though I understood Amp-Hours, as a nominal rating where they usually specified a period of time where that rating was ...
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How to find how many Amperes does a equipment use? [closed]
In the specification of this miner https://www.asicminervalue.com/miners/bitmain/antminer-s9j-14-5th it says it uses 1350W power with ...
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Is there a reason why lower voltage batteries are preferred for high AH?
I was looking at these batteries and considering whether to use a 12V battery or multiple 2V batteries for backup power. In any case, I came across this battery by Exide Tech - GNB Flooded Classic H1T ...
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Is Multiplexing Fast Charger Safe? [closed]
I got a original Samsung 2A output phone charger. If I open inside and add some wires and USB port to the circuit board and try to charge 2 devices in same time, what happens? Is it safe? Can I get ...
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If I convert 10 V, 1 ampere to 5 V, do I get 5 V 2 ampere?
I know the current in the circuit is the same.
And also,
Power = 10* 1 = 10 watts.
So,
10 = 5 V * (x) ampere,
X = 10/5,
X = 2 ampere,
With some loss while using a voltage regulator, I will ...
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What happens when Amperes hour (Ah) and voltage regulation go together to the party?
This is the first time I ask on the Electrical Engineering site of Stack Exchange, please feel free to dismember my question.
Please take into account: I am thinking about the hypothetical ideal case ...
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How to calculate battery ratings for your solar panel?
If I want to choose a battery for my solar panel which is required to run a load of 5 kWh/day. Then I will be needing a battery with a rating of above 23 ampere hours since 5 kWh/220 V (since 220 V we ...
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Mistake in calculating the last time of battery (Ampere hour problem)
I've a question about the mAh rating of batteries. At the Dutch Wiki page of Ampère-uur which is the Dutch word for Ampere hour, they say for example a \$100\$ Ah battery can supply 5 A for 20 hours ...
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Is lithium battery charging speed proportional to the amps provided from the power source?
An interesting fact I came across recently - electric kettles in the US run at double the time for other countries - due to the US adopting a 110V power system. (And electrical kettle boiling duration ...
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Converting battery capacity from Ah to Wh: Which voltage should be used?
I need to convert the battery capacity from ampere-hours to be Watt hours.
I know that \$P=VI\$ in Watts, however I'm unsure of which voltage I will need to use in order to use this relation; there ...
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Does Amp Hour Rating Take Into Account Voltage Drop Relative to State of Charge?
I'm looking at buying batteries, either 12v AGM or LI-Ion, for use in a backup power system. I have a choice between a Lifeline 8D AGM battery rated at 255 Ah @ 20 hr, or a Victron LI-Ion rated at 160 ...
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Simple question about power usage
My question is simple for humans but hard to search for in Google or somewhere else, so forgive me if this isn't the best place to ask.
I was looking up the power consumption of an electronic device ...
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Smallest Magnetic Relay and how to choose the Ampere rating [closed]
I am building an automation system, where I don't have much space, so I require really small relays, 3.3 or 5 VDC controllable relays.
I need to connect it to say a lamp, or a fan, equipment's that ...
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How much AH should my battery has for my sound system (3 Amplifiers)?
I would like to know if I can mount my sound system in my car.
My current battery is 45AH, and the problem is that I can't go higher than a battery with 50AH, because there isn't space for it on the ...
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What is the 'continuous standard load' of a battery?
I'm currently integrating a coin cell power design into an electronics project. I am trying to verify my understanding of the 'continuous standard load' rating given for a battery (datasheet)
When ...
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Watts - I think I'm getting free energy from a circuit?
Imagine I have a 10V battery with a capacity of 1Ahrs connected to a 100 Ohm resistor.
I'll get 0.1A (V/R) at a power of 1W (current x voltage) for a total of 10hrs. As a watt is defined as J/s my ...
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Battery power required for a 2HP Motor AC at 1800 rpm, 56Hz?
So I will be using an Inverter to convert DC(12V) to AC(220v)(50Hz).
The 2HP*(746w) = 2.3 kW / .85 power factor = 2.7 kW / 220V = 12.27A
If I want it to run for 5 hours that's 62 Ah.
Can I use a ...
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coulomb and ampere calculation reg
when I am reading the IC datasheet ,operating voltage is they were mentioned 5v,300mA.its means 300mA per sec/min/hour.
Because I have to calculate battery power for a circuit.
1 coulomb= 1 ampere.
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Can not find or calculate ampere hour from the data sheet
Here is the data sheet of a ups:
http://www.ups-service.by/PDF/Technical_Specification_PowerWave_60-500kW_English.pdf
How long for a nominal 500A current drawing load would this utility last?
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(Capacity 20hr: 65AH) Does this mean 65amps per hour for up to 20 hours?
Cranking Amps: 675
Im trying to find a good battery for a project.
That part where it says "20hr" keeps making me rethink what i sorta hope it means.
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What should be the watts of solar panel and battery size
I want to light one 70watt bulb for 12 hours at night time. I want to know what should be the Watts of the solar panel and how much Ah battery will I require?
I searched many of the questions here ...
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What is the basic definition of an amp-hour?
What's the basic definition of an amp-hour? For example:
A 12V battery is rated at 100Ah.
Does this mean that the battery will be discharged in 1 hour if the load is 100A@12V?
Thanks.
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How long will my battery last and how to calculate it? [duplicate]
I have a 12V 18Ah battery I wish to run through a boost converter at 40v and 2.5A to power a 100w led.
Could someone figure out how long my battery would power my led and show the calculatins/...
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Do buck converters increase the ampere hours of a battery?
I've read that they are 90% efficient compared to linear regulators so given the relationship between volts and amperes and that I want to power the project off of a 12V battery that has 18Ah and is ...
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Determine the amp hour rating of a home made battery pack
I'm thinking of making my own electric bicycle, and I need help determining what the amp hour rating of my battery pack would be. I'm going for 36v and 8 or 9 amp hours.
So, with 10 batteries in ...
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Lead Acid Battery Charge C/20Ah
I need to charge a lead acid battery, I will be manually developing a program to set the current. Its the "US 12V XC2" Deep Cycle battery. Here is a link to the datasheet: http://usbattery.com/wp-...
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calculate Amp Hours when voltage is given
I'm trying to wrap my head around how exactly Amp Hours work.
I have been trying to figure out this question for a while now, but can't seem to find the information that I need.
This is the circuit, ...
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Figuring out battery life from amp draw?
I decided to take apart one of those cheap handheld fans. It takes 2AA Alkaline batteries. I wanted to hook it up to an arduino as a way to get into electronics, and I wanted to know what kind of ...
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Calculating mAh needed to run a device
I've got 15 devices each with a current of 20mA and I am interested in running them all for 10 seconds. How would I go about working out the amount of mAh a battery would need to provide for this?
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