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Watts is a unit of power. How much energy is released in a second.
Voltage is a potential amount of energy – per unit charge. Think of this as a “height”
Lets work with an analogy here, You want to power a device using falling water. The voltage is the height of the water fall. The amount of energy you can transfer depends on how much water you put at the top. This is the ‘size’ of the battery used. A bucket isn’t much, but a whole pool is. To get the energy you multiply the amount of water by the height. In voltage you multiply the amount of charge, by the voltage.
The reason we use voltage instead of energy is the total amount of energy simply depends on the battery we use. If our battery isn’t large, we can only run the circuit for a short time.
But, if the voltage is to low, we don’t get enough energy out of each of the electrons to actual push through the circuit mechanisms.
wattage, or Power is how quickly you transfer this energy. Do you simply drop it straight down the cliff, or let it flow down a gentle slope? Release it all at once, or restrict it so it takes time.
So a device designed to lift an object may have charge, voltage and power. You need enough voltage to actually run the mechanisms, so you get enough energy out of each electron to move the circuits. Changing the watts, alters the power. The object gets lifted quickly or over a long time. If our battery is small we can run the device for a few minutes. If it’s large we can run it for longer.
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