Watt's Law
Watt's Law, sometimes called the Power Law, describes the relationship between power (), current (), and voltage ():
Given tha values for any two variables, we solve for the third, so that:
And:
Power and Watts
Power is measured in watts. One watt () is equal to one joule () per second (), or . Another way to put it is, a watt is the amount of electricity required to accelerate 1kg by 1 meter per second squared (a joule) over 1 second. In other words, a watt is "how much work can be done per second".
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