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Old March 27th 07, 05:29 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Harrison Richard Harrison is offline
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Default 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