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Old 09-14-2008, 04:03 AM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MazdaMatt View Post
okay, to all of you quoting numbers you really need get your Watts and Watt-hours straight. You can't say "I produced 7.7 watts today"... watt is a rate, watt-hours is a quantity. Its like saying I drove 100km/h today to describe how far i went. km/h * h = km, which is how far. W*h = Wh, Wh is your measurable, quantifiable, cash-related amount of eletricity produced.

Sorry for the rant, i'm trying to learn here and this thread is very confusing.
And Watts are power, whereas Watt hours are energy(power used over a period of time).
JJ
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