Update: I am actually searching for really simple, intuitive ways to explain it. I have a background in engineering, but am struggling to explain why we “pay for kwh”, and not kw (on our electricity bill) to someone who doesn’t. I have tried in many ways but maybe I’m not giving the right examples or making the right comparisons. I am really searchig for a way to ELI5.
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Something that uses a watt to run will consume 1 watt hour in 1 hour, and 24 watt hours a day.
I can see why it’s a bit confusing because we rate something’s power in how much power it uses in an hour.
If you had a 10 kWh battery, you could power a 1kw load for 10 hours
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