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To: Little Ray
"A joule is one watt for one second."

A watt is one joule per second.

34 posted on 02/09/2022 8:48:31 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Joe Brower
A watt is one joule per second.

By Jove you have got it.

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37 posted on 02/09/2022 8:54:37 AM PST by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: Joe Brower

That is what I said.
A joule is 1 watt output for 1 second. A Watt is one joule over one second. They’re the same.
Typically, you would use watt to measure output like we do horsepower. Things like joules and food-pounds measure the cumulative output over time.


44 posted on 02/09/2022 9:25:52 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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