• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    ok so technically, a watt is directly convertable to a joule, which is a unit of energy. So he isn’t wrong. But he is also wrong because he is using name plate production capacity, rather than the total produced capacity, that or he is simply fucking up the numbers. But lets be honest, homie is NOT doing the math.

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      9 months ago

      A watt is a joule per second. It is not “directly convertable” any more than mile is the not a speed just because you can divide it by an hour.

      Watts are power, the rate at which you can work. Joules are units of energy, how much work you can do.

      He is not fucking up the numbers. He is fucking up the units…and so are you

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        9 months ago

        in this scenario it wouldn’t be speed, though, it would be speed over time. Speed is velocity.

        Watts are just joules but arbitrarily defined. Joules are a unit of total energy. A collective amount of work potential. Watts are an in situ measurement of those joules doing work.

        If we want to talk about confusing units, W and VA are the units to be talking about.

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        9 months ago

        yes, and this twitter post, (or wherever it comes from) is definitely not representative of the original sites layout in any substantial manner.

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      9 months ago

      A watt is a joule per second. It is not “directly convertable” any more than mile is the not a speed just because you can divide it by an hour.

      Watts are power, the rate at which you can work. Joules are units of energy, how much work you can do.

      He is not fucking up the numbers. He is fucking up the units…and so are you.