At least in the US, the electric company charges in kWh, computer parts are advertised in terms of watts, and batteries tend to be in amp hours, which is easy to convert to watt hours.
Wow, the US education system must be improved. 1J is 3600Wh. That’s literraly the same thing, but the name is less confusing because people tend to confuse W and Wh
Do you regularly divide/multiply by 3600? That’s not something I typically do in my head, and there’s no reason to do it when everything is denominated in watts. What exactly is the benefit?
At least in the US, the electric company charges in kWh, computer parts are advertised in terms of watts, and batteries tend to be in amp hours, which is easy to convert to watt hours.
Joules just overcomplicates things.
Wow, the US education system must be improved. 1J is 3600Wh. That’s literraly the same thing, but the name is less confusing because people tend to confuse W and Wh
Do you regularly divide/multiply by 3600? That’s not something I typically do in my head, and there’s no reason to do it when everything is denominated in watts. What exactly is the benefit?