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5/02/2011

Electrical power and energy

When a direct current of I amperes is flowing in an electric circuit and the voltage across the circuit is V volts, then

Although the unit of energy is the joule, when dealing
with large amounts of energy, the unit used is the
kilowatt hour (kWh) where
1 kWh = 1000watt hour
= 1000 × 3600watt seconds or joules
= 3 600 000 J

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