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Hello class….I
like horses
Horsepower
James Watt needed to sell his steam
engines he was making.
So he put power in the term that people
would understand being horsepower
After experimentation, he found that the
average horse can work steady pulling a
plow at 550 foot-pound per second*
Doing the math, this would equate:
1 hp = 746 W
*the amount of force required to raise one pound of weight one foot
Horsepower
So the term watt used in electricity
originated with James Watt trying to
find a way to measure something
people at the time understood which
was “horse power”. Horse power is the
amount of power an average plow
horse can exert.
Quiz Question
Where does the term “All balls out”
come from?
a) Ballroom dancing
b) A word used in the movie Animal House.
c) A part of the male anatomy
d) Firemen
e) None of the above
BTU – British Thermal Unit
Defined
The amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of one pound of water one
degree Fahrenheit
In metric terms, the joule is equivalent
to a watt
1 watt = 3.412 BTU per hour
1 kilowatt (kw) = 3412 BTU per hour
James Prescott Joule
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Formula Chart
Ohm’s Law
Examples
R = 144
100 W
I = 0.83
300w/120v =
What is its current flow? 2.5 ampere
Using the above question, how many watts of heat are being
produced by the heating element? (12.5 A)(120 V) = 1500 W
E = 1.5 A (4 + 4) =
12 volts drop
E = (1.5)(72) = 108
volts
Questions
On a full sheet of paper and working with anyone
directly next to you place your names on that sheet.
Answer the following questions.
1) What is the maximum number of duplex outlets that
can be served by a single 20 ampere, 120 volt
circuit.
Going Bald……. Can cause
psychological issues