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Re: Input power measurement - Modifying Power Meters



Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
 >
 > kWh is a unit of energy (1kWh = 3600000J). It's a more practical unit than
 > Joules for measuring electrical consumption. luckily, Joules are not as
 > worthless as ergs, or centiliters.
 >
 > KEN

	All of those units have their place, depending on what you're
describing.  For TC usage the kw and kwh are appropriate.  Ergs are
pretty small, but so are some values for energy.  Re: cl, in Europe in
at least some restaurants wine is sold by the centiliter.

Ed