Questions tagged [watts]
The unit of measurement and SI unit for power, named after James Watt. It is equivalent to energy flow per second or Joules/Second. In electrical terms \$ W = IR = I^2 * R = V^2/R \$
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Are watts consumed in wireless electricity? [closed]
If I put a transistor on a coil of wire connected to a 120v AC circuit, and made it so my toaster was now wirelessly powered, if I turned the toaster on would it consume watts that are able to be ...
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Why does my phone charger consume more electricity (watts) when delivering less amps (slower charging)? [closed]
As far as I could understand, the charging speed is measured in amps. Like, if I use Ampere, it will tell that it charges in 2.5 amps, or 1.5 amps. I hope I got this right. Amps is the only ...
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How can I measure an induction cooker’s power with an oscilloscope?
I have to measure the current and voltage of a coil with an oscilloscope.
In this case, does P Watt = Irms*Vrms?
The induction cooker writes that the maximum Watts is 1.2K, but I measure it over 1.2 ...
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Is it okay to run a Mercury Vapor Lamp of lower wattage (100/150/175W) on a 400W MHL/MVL ballast? Also can a 60Hz ballast be used in 50Hz?
So, I have this RAB BMHH400PSQ Metal Halide Pulse Start Ballast 400W ,M135/M155 MULTI TAP 120-277V with me. Since the MVL are being phased out it has become quite difficult to get a ballast for one of ...
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Alternatives to High Wattage Resistors? (Do multiple low-wattage resistors equal a single higher wattage resistor?)
I am a beginner, so I may have made a horrible mistake in my diagram, but I am trying to learn.
According as I have figured it, I am having an issue wherein I need a resistor rated for a minimum of ...
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How can I interpret the readings of a USB voltage tester considering the input voltage is 5V and I am charging a 3.7V battery?
I have this USB voltage tester that I place between my usb wall charger and a USB charging cable. This device gives me the total current that went through over a period of time. Let's say after 2.5h ...
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Motor current consumption and power do not match
I am working on a design and need to calculate the energy consumption of this motor:
https://www.maxonmotor.com/medias/sys_master/root/8825428410398/17-EN-256.pdf.
(Part No. 339252)
The ...
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How to properly read Watt of a bulb power?
I'm confused about reading the terms Watt, Wh, and Ws of bulbs. Here is the quoted text taken from an electrical book that I'm currently reading on :
Now I'm take out some points from the remarks ...
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4-pin ATX to 8-pin PCIe?
I'm building an eGPU, and I need to power my card with a single 8-pin PCIe connector. To keep the size small, I'm interested in using a 300W Seasonic Flex SUG PSU, which is just about the smallest ...
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A question about my refrigerator [closed]
it's written on my refrigerator 500watts..
I want to know how much it consume watts per month.
let's consider that the compressor of the refrigerator works 10 hrs per day.
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12 Volt vs a 24 Volt Motor
I have read that using a higher voltage motor would need less current to get the same power. I understand that P = IV and how that works. My question is if the 24 V motor would get half of the current,...
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why does a potencial coil in wattmetter influences the pointer rotation
can somebody tell me,
why does a potential coil in wattmetter influences the pointer rotation.
if the ideal potential coil doesn't have current, it would not generate a magnetic field and it would not ...
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12 v watt heater with nichrome coil [closed]
i am new here. First of all I am sorry for my bad english.
I want a help from those who know about nichrome heater coil. I want to make a 12v dc incubator using nichrome wire as heating element, all ...
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What wattage should I use for a switching adapter?
I have a bad switching adapter. It has a DC output of 14.5V 2.48A Max. I can't find a match anywhere. I think a 3.0 Max will work, but I don't know the wattage. The replacements I've found are 29W, ...
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Step up voltage Transformer for more watt?
Using generator in mountain or underground tunnel location, construction workers from portable generator gets maximum:
AC Output: 220volt as 200 to 250watt
Now, they need to use a machine for ...
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Does a 5w LED lamp require 5w/per hour to run ?
Does a 5w LED lamp require 5w/per hour to run ? eg. would 200 x 5w LED lamps running for 1 hour would require 1kwhr of electricity. Or is the 5w related to some other time scale ?
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How many watts does tweeter needs
I have a speaker with the following specs:
Max. power - 600W
Impedance - 4~8 Ohm
Freq. response - 45Hz-20KHz
Sensitivity - 98dB/W/M
The tweeter of the right speaker is not working so i want to ...
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How can I measure the power given to a USB WiFi adapter's antenna in dBm or mW?
I have an Alfa AWUS036ACH USB WiFi adapter, and would like to know how much power is being given to the antennas (in dBm or mW). The Amazon link to it is here: https://www.amazon.com/Long-Range-Dual-...
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Not sure if this capacitor will blow up [closed]
so i have just bought a fan controller(silverstone cpf04) and it is rated with 2200μF and i am planning to connect 7 fans to it.
(NF-F12)4 fans are each rated with 12v operating voltage 3.6w input ...
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Figuring out wattage
I know I can take volts * amps to figure out watts, but what if the device accepts a range of volts? So if I have a device that takes 100-240 volts, and is 2 amps, what is the wattage being used? Does ...
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How many D batteries would be required to power an 150watt/120volt Light for 8 Hours?
Here are the links to further data.
Bulb info.
D battery datasheet.
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How convert kWh to W
I want to know if there is an approximate or exact way to know the consumption in watts of household appliances in a house from the monthly consumption that reaches the bill.
Taking into account that ...
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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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10 W LED COB on 12 V
So say I have a 10 W LED, most have a forward voltage of 9-11 V and a maximum current of 700 mA.
If I wanted to connect it up to 13 V (a fully charged SLA battery) couldn't I simply do 11-13=2 (LED ...
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Converting 110v at 8.5 amps to 208 three phase amperage [closed]
I have some equipment that uses 8.5 amps and 1050 watts on a 110v. Any idea what the amperage would be on 208 three phase?
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Wattage of DC device is not equal to AC [closed]
I have a led driver (LPC-20-700) that is 30V and 700mA, which makes it 21W.
I run 10 leds (≈ 2.8V drop) in series with it and it is an constant current device. If I plug my multimeter between, I do ...
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How is output power related to input power? [closed]
Please Note: I stumbled upon this forum after considerable googling but was not able to understand the answers I found. Your simplest terms and explanations are appreciated.
I plan to bring a piece ...
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Power supply for Audio amplifier : high-voltage based watts or high-current based watts? [closed]
So I have these Philips (FW-V355) speakers, and I want to connect them to my PC via AUX or Bluetooth, ofc I separated them from their original old system/amplifier. In order to realise that, I bought ...
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Help with calculating voltage using watts/ohms (batteries/coils)
Okay, so I have no experience in EE (I do SE), so I don't know where to start. I apologize in advance this isn't the right place for this kind of question.
I bought a vaporizer with a small battery a ...
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Replace a power adapter 12V/1A DC with 15V/0.8A [duplicate]
I have a battery-charger that has an input of 12V/1A as specified in the specs.
Can I replace the adapter with a 15V/0.8A ...
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How do you measure/detect Watt-Seconds? [closed]
As part of a project I am working on, I am required to measure watt-seconds. I've looked this unit up online and it typically references to a camera flash.
My question is how does one measure/detect ...
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Power calculation in kwh over a period of time with a variable current source
I have an experiment running which generates variable current due to a chemical reaction over a period of 8 hours. I sampled the current at each hour with a constant voltage supply of 12V. When i use ...
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Calculate the electric bill of a phone charger (AC adapter input or output?)
I need to calculate the amount of money I pay for charging my phone with this charger
I know that I need to calculate the watts then kWh, so I multiplied 5 V by 1.55 A to get 7.75 watts and then use ...
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Plotting the instantaneous power of an RLC circuit
So I've been solving some basic instantaneous power/ average power problems and I've been asked to "draw" $$p(t)$$ which is the instantaneous power function of the circuit, I guess there are two ways ...
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Power plant cost accounting
For a 300 MW power plant, 14.5 MJ / kWh of heating capacity must be provided. For this you can use coal with a heating value (hW) of 29 MJ / kg and a price (P) of 35 € / t or gas with a calorific ...
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How can this MOSFET become overheated? How big should the heatsink be?
I've got a very simple circuit. A MOSFET (TK15D60U) is powering a 3 to 4 Ohm heat bed by 19.6 volts. From my calculations this results in 6.5Amps. The power adapter seams to have its specs at max 6....
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Will a man get electrocuted if he places the electrical test screwdriver on his foot?
Below is the typical circuit when somebody do the "test light" on wall electricity socket (Image 1):
In this "images 1", very little current will flow into his body, because the high electrical ...
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Can I use low voltage but higher maximum amperage?
I have an electronic device (electromagnet solenoid) that working on 9V/DC and 30mA current (9*30=270mW)
Question 1: If there is a 5V/DC adapter that could produce maximum 54mA (5*54=270mW), could I ...
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If watts exceeds rating? [duplicate]
I have been reading quite a lot on the subject in the past hour and I don't seem to be getting an answer, just about amps. I have a 2 watt rated ball valve, and I have a 12v dc 1 amp power supply. W = ...
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confused about power rating for washing machine in datasheet
I am interested in purchasing a Primus washing machine but I get confused about the power rating that is recorded in the data sheet (link below). On page 2 of the data sheet, the manufacturer states ...
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Understanding a motor's specs
I'm trying to understand the specifications of a brushless motor which I would like to buy for making an E-bike. Here are all the specs if have about the motor I'm interested in (copy-pasted from the ...
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Mathematically I have enough power but the power source don't seem like enough
Lets say i want to reach a certain wattage of 2,500 W. But I run it off a power source which maxes out at 5 A and 20 V. But I step the voltage up to 500 using a coil or transformer and now 5A × 500V ...
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Gate Drive Loss
Is there any difference between Gate Drive Loss and Gate Loss? (for example on a Power MOSFET)
If there is a difference, then what would be the formula of each?
Does switching On and OFF has an effect ...
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How do i measure watts on single phase power?
With a clamp on amp meter, I have 8.2 amps at 123.6 volts on one leg and 7.2 amps at 123.9 volts on the 2nd leg. When I touch the volt meter to both legs I get 247.8 volts.
What is the total wattage? ...
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Stumped on an inverter [closed]
I'm disabled and am looking to be able to charge my power chair whilst I'm on the go in my vehicle, the problem is that I know what my charger draws and outputs in Volts and Amps, but all inverters' ...
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How to compute electric bill for a server netbook
I've taken an old netbook and started using it as a tiny game server. I have removed the screen, wifi card and reproductors, but the rest is there (battery, fan, sata HDD). It runs 24/7 and charger is ...
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Measuring power output of Thermoelectric Generator with multimeter
I am using TEC1-12706 to generate electricity from hand heat. When I measure the voltage with multimeter , the reading is about 72mV and without connecting any load I also measured the current(about ...
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How long (in hours) will a 6 Amps LED light last if powered only by 12V 18Ah Lead Acid Battery only
I have assembled a 300 units of 3650 LED lights which draws a total power of roughly 6 Amps (130Watts) and I want to power it using a 12V 18Ah Lead Acid Battery.
My question is, how long or how many ...
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How long will an 6000 mAh battery pack power a 12v 60W amp for?
I could use some help calculating how long my battery will last. I’ve tried multiple online calculators.
Speakers: Peavey Monitors with 10 inch woofer, 1.4 tweeter ~ 101 max SPL
Amp: Pyle PFA200 60-...
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band / cylinder style heating element wattage calculations
The question concerns band or cylinder heating elements, which are designed to clamp around a hollow cylinder and heat whatever is flowing through it.
I'm looking for information on how to calculate ...
