What's the difference between amps and watts?

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Amps are the unit of current flow. (Analogy: where water flows through a pipe, litres per second.) Watts...

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Wind DC turbine motor ( 2860 watts and 22 amps). A car alternator is DC has 250 amps watts ?The difference is?

I am installing a wind power electrical system at my home. The mill has a DC turbine motor pushing 2860 watts-22 amps. I want to use a car/truck alternator. It is pushing 250 ...show more

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Don is correct about the voltage/power relationship. But a car alternator is not DC. Hence the name...

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What is the difference between Volt/Amps (V*A) and Watts???....both are related to the power equation. P=VA?

This is related to electrical power supplies that are often rated in volt*amps. While electrical equipment like video cameras are rated in Watts. Both Watts and V*A seem the same from the equation P=I*E. Why not just use only Watts or only V*A ?

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VA (volt-amps) is used on AC equipment that is reactive - like transformers - to show the maximum load...

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What is the difference between volts, amps and watts?

Its been bugging me for a while now and the wikipedia explanation twisted my melon man, i always assumed volts related to how powerful the electric was but it seems i was frikin wrong, what are volts, amps and watts.

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You had assumed right, actually. Volts IS how much "pressure" the electric-ity has got. So...

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Whats the relationship between between subs and amps and watts and that whole thing?

so im looking at some subs for my car but i really dont really know anything about it so heres my question whats the whole thing with how amps and subs work. and what about the whole ...show more

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k pretty much all in all a sub is ur speaker haha. it puts out the bass, to do this u need a power source...

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Whats the difference in amps OHM stability?

What would be the difference if i had 2500 watts at 2 ohms rather than 1 ohm?

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check out this link to get a better understanding http://www.crutchfield.com/learn/videos/… http...

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Whats the difference between these types of amps?

whats the difference between a 2 channel amp a class d amp a mono amp and a 4 channel amp?

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The most common classes of car audio amps are A/B and D. Class A/B amps are commonly uses on highs....

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amps, volts, watts.

I am confused about what exactly wattage is. ON THIS PAGE: http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity3.htm IT SAYS: In an electrical circuit, the number of electrons that are moving is called the amperage or the current, and it is measured in amps...

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Hi paulshanks!! Simple mathematics can help you to understand this. Let me start with the Ohm's law...

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What's the difference between in input of 3.42 Amps and 3.5 Amps for a Laptop?

Hello, I just need an information I have a laptop where, which has an adapter with an output of 19 volts 3.42 Amps (65 Watts) Now, the laptop wouldn't turn on with this adapter, ( only on battery it will turn on) so I switched the adapter with an 18V...

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It could be the difference of 1 volt is why your laptop won't turn on. Or the adapters might not have...

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volt-amperes do not equal watts always. The true formula for watts is VAcos(phase); (phase is the angle...

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