Why are Watt Hours not Watts per Hour? Are they the same thing?

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Why are Watt Hours not Watts per Hour? Are they the same thing?

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Let’s say you have 20 amp hours of energy storage in a battery.

That could be 20 amps for an hour or 10 amps for 2 hours or 1 amp for 20 hours. Amps over time.

Amp hours is more like ‘how much fuel you have in the tank’.

Actual energy flow measured this second would just be amps.

Or watts. (Volts * amps = watts). Watt hours is kinda similar but factors in voltage.

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