Eli5:why is that something rated 1000w spends 1kWh after an hour instead of 3600kWh, since watt is by second?

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Eli5:why is that something rated 1000w spends 1kWh after an hour instead of 3600kWh, since watt is by second?

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Because the kilowatt-hour is a unit used by electric companies to measure the power usage of something per hour. Just multiply the kilowatt times an hour (or 3600 seconds). Something rated 1000w will spend 1 kW every second, but it will take an hour to spend 1kWh.