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<onlyinclude>A watt is the [[SI]] unit for [[power]]. A watt is equal to 1 [[Joule]] per second <math>1 \frac{J}{s}</math>, or <math>1 \frac{kgm^{2}}{s^{3}}</math> ([[energy]] in an amount of time).</onlyinclude><ref>RapidTables. (2014). ''Watt'' [Online]. Available: http://www.rapidtables.com/electric/watt.htm [February 20, 2015].</ref> A watt of power is about equivalent to a person holding out their arm and moving their fist up and down each second. | <onlyinclude>A watt is the [[SI]] unit for [[power]]. A watt is equal to 1 [[Joule]] per second <math>1 \frac{J}{s}</math>, or <math>1 \frac{kgm^{2}}{s^{3}}</math> ([[energy]] in an amount of time).</onlyinclude><ref>RapidTables. (2014). ''Watt'' [Online]. Available: http://www.rapidtables.com/electric/watt.htm [February 20, 2015].</ref> A watt of power is about equivalent to a person holding out their arm and moving their fist up and down each second. | ||
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For more information on the watt, click [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictW.html#watt here]. | For more information on the watt, click [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictW.html#watt here]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 25 June 2018
A watt is the SI unit for power. A watt is equal to 1 Joule per second , or (energy in an amount of time).[1] A watt of power is about equivalent to a person holding out their arm and moving their fist up and down each second.
Deep knee bends output about 100 W of power. This is about the average total power input of a person over a normal day, which is why R. Buckminster Fuller came up with the idea of this calling this an energy servant. Since it's actually a unit of power, this site discusses them as power servant.[2]
The average power use (end use rather than primary), for a typical person in Canada or the USA, taken over the course of a day, is about 10,000 W.
Conversions
For Further Reading
For more information on the watt, click here.
References
- ↑ RapidTables. (2014). Watt [Online]. Available: http://www.rapidtables.com/electric/watt.htm [February 20, 2015].
- ↑ R. Buckminster Fuller. (1940). World Energy [Online]. Available: http://www.fulltable.com/vts/f/fortune/xb/50.jpg
