I'm having a 60 year-old brain freeze, been 43 years since High School shop class, I can't remember what is measured by volts, amps, or watts, the only thing that I remember is that ohms measure resistance, Not really important just want a refresher.
I know that one measures volume, one measures pressure, and then what?
2006-12-30 14:51:34 · 6 answers · asked by percylenain 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Musicman's post was the best so far. There are flaws in comparing electricity to water, but the analogy is so easy to understand that it is pretty much universally used.
E is voltage, I is current, R is resistance...E=IxR, I=E/R, R=E/I is called Ohm's law. It gives the relationship between them. Watts=VoltsxAmps, a watthour is one watt flow for one hour or 100 watts flow for 1/100 of an hour.
More than you ever wanted to know, LOL.
2006-12-30 16:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by DSM Handyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ohms measure resistance, amps measure electric charge (at any point in a circuit), volts measure the potential between two points of a circuit, watts measure total power (amps times volts).
I guess volts can be thought of as pressure. It would equivalent to water pressure in a pipe. amps would be equivalent to the flow at a point. Volume would the flow times the pressure or equivalent of the power. Ohms would be the diameter or resistance in a pipe.
By the way, I don't call that brain freeze, more of a brain f@rt
2006-12-30 15:09:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watts are a measure of power which is voltage times amperage.
Voltage is amperage times resistance.
Thinking of an electrical circuit as a water hose, the voltage would be the water source potential sitting at the faucet. The resistance could be seen as the size of the hose, the larger the hose (the less resistance to water), the more water can flow from the same faucet. Amperage would be the amount of water flowing. Hope that helps.
2006-12-30 15:05:30 · answer #3 · answered by sparkletina 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Volts measures pressure or potential energy. Amps measures current or amount of 'flow", the stuff that actually does the killing if you touch it or does the work. Watts is the measurement of power used. To figure watts you would multiply voltage and amerage.
2006-12-30 15:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by Jekyl and Hyde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watts= volts x amps. voltage is the pressure that forces electricity. ampere is the amount of current flowing through a wire. watt is a unit that measures the amount of work done by a device
2006-12-30 15:10:37 · answer #5 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think success is what your goal was and if you met it or how close you came to it, and you measure up to your own standards by being happy with what you accomplished.
2016-03-29 01:30:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋