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Accellerated Watts?
JimGPE_3
Member Posts: 240
Okay, here's how you know I'm a nerd....
KwH is more accurately given as kWh, since the W stands for Watts, a fellow's name.
And it stands for kilo Watt hours, not kilo Watts per hour.
I had to get that off my chest.
KwH is more accurately given as kWh, since the W stands for Watts, a fellow's name.
And it stands for kilo Watt hours, not kilo Watts per hour.
I had to get that off my chest.
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Believe this is correct usage
My peak load is 14 kilowatts per hour and my monthly usage is 284 kilowatt hours.0 -
Noted
and fixed. Thanks!Retired and loving it.0 -
I hate to belabor this, but....
kW=3413 Btu/hr. Thus, both kW and Btu/hr are an energy RATE, similar to miles per hour. You pay for the total energy used, which is the rate times time, or BTU's, or kWH.
kW/Hr would convert to (Btu/hr)/hr or Btu/(hour squared) which is not a unit used too often.
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Um, sorta....
The kWh part is fixed, but the explanation should read kiloWatt hours not kiloWatts per hour. The "hours" part goes in the numerator. Delete the word "per."
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Thanks for the clarification...
...now I see said the blind man! That "per" be in there already!0
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