Revisiting the Power Explanation
Gene Fuller, W4SZ wrote:
"Utter nonsense."
Cecil knows as well as anybody the difference between energy and power,
Power is the rate of doing work. The electrical unit is the watt
(joule/second). It is also the rate of transmission from source to load.
A wattmeter keeps track of the rate of energy flow, and the watt-hour
meter measures the integral of active power during the integration
interval.
The power company bills you for the energy consumed during an interval
determined by successive watt-hour meter readings.
Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI
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