• LazaroFilm@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Watt and volt are two different measures for electricity. Also your fridge will not work when hooked up to a car battery for many other technical reasons, including differ t voltages, and current types (AC/CD, not the band)

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        2 years ago

        That’s wrong. Watt is a measure of power and volt measures…… voltage.

        Charge (electricity) is measured in Coloumbs (sp?)

        You need a complete circuit for Watts as P=iv.

        I is current, measured in amperes

        • Serinus@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          With the river analogy, Voltage = pressure, Wattage = how much water is passing, Current (Amps) is how wide the river is.

          Pressure * Width of river = Amount of water passing

          Not sure that helps with passing it through the terms and then to variables.

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            2 years ago

            Water analogy works better with plumbing. A river, not so much. But people aren’t that much better at understanding plumbing, unfortunately…

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        2 years ago

        Unless you have an electric car that can do vehicle to load. That means that you can plug in regular household devices like your fridge.