🤓 Watch the rest of the videos in this playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL23_m8HBj7OJQSt1fGveO_rQgn4-zYBB0 🛒 We Recommend Shopping At: • Shop Solar: shopsolarkits.com/?ref=TheSol... • Use Code: THESOLARLAB for $101 Off Your Order Over $2,000 • signaturesolar.com/?ref=theso... • Use Code: THESOLARLAB50 ☀ Calculate Solar Panel Cost for your House: www.solar-estimate.org/solar-... 🔔 Subscribe to our RUclips Channel: @TheSolarLab 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - Volts, Amps, Watts 3:44 - Watts 4:08 - kWh 4:26 - DC (Direct Current) 5:25 - AC (Alternating Current) 6:14 - Inverter 6:35 - Storage 6:54 - PV 7:16 - Array When it comes to learning the basic terms and concepts for Electricity and Solar, it's actually easier then you might think! In todays video we are going to start out with the basic terms such as Watts, Volts, Amps, AC, DC, PV, Array, Inverter and so on, to help beginners get a footing in the space! 👨🏼💻 The Solar Lab: www.thesolarlab.com We maintain an affiliate relationship with some of the products reviewed, which means we get a small percentage of a sale if you click our links, at no cost to our viewers.
I know you are trying to make this as simple as possible for laypeople but I think it is important to better differentiate between Power (Watts, W) and Energy (Watt-hours, Wh). A 1000W microwave pulls 1000W continuously, not 1000W in one hour. If you run the microwave for 30 minutes, it still is pulling 1000W that whole time, not 500W, but it uses 500Wh of Energy. To use your bucket filling example, Power in Watts is the rate the bucket is filling, and that rate is determined by the water pressure and hose/nozzle diameter. The Amount of water that is in the bucket at any given time, is like the amount of Energy that has been used, in Watt-hours. It is the rate the bucket is filling, times the time it has been filling. Power (Watts) = Voltage (Volts) x Current (Amps) Energy (Watt-hours) = Power (Watts) x Time (hours) = Voltage (Volts) x Current (Amps) x Time (hours) Batteries are typically sized based on their Energy, not their Power. Meanwhile Solar panels are sized based on the Power they can output at any given instant. Even engineers muddy these terms constantly, but it is important to understand the difference.
I am confused??? The Vacuum you show says it's 120 Volts and has 7.5 Amps, yet on your whiteboard you say it Suggests you are multiplying 120 Volts x 150 Amps, which is SUPER CONFUSING???? So 120 Volts times 7.5 Amps would be 1200 Watts-NOT 1,800 Watts. You say are trying to simplify everything for people, yet your video is TOTALLY CONFUSING????
We understand how that could be confusing. The photo of the vacuum's sticker was just to showcase how appliances have that information on them....however, the 120V x 15A on the whiteboard was an example we made up on the fly!
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🛒 We Recommend Shopping At:
• Shop Solar: shopsolarkits.com/?ref=TheSol...
• Use Code: THESOLARLAB for $101 Off Your Order Over $2,000
• signaturesolar.com/?ref=theso...
• Use Code: THESOLARLAB50
☀ Calculate Solar Panel Cost for your House: www.solar-estimate.org/solar-...
🔔 Subscribe to our RUclips Channel: @TheSolarLab
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Volts, Amps, Watts
3:44 - Watts
4:08 - kWh
4:26 - DC (Direct Current)
5:25 - AC (Alternating Current)
6:14 - Inverter
6:35 - Storage
6:54 - PV
7:16 - Array
When it comes to learning the basic terms and concepts for Electricity and Solar, it's actually easier then you might think! In todays video we are going to start out with the basic terms such as Watts, Volts, Amps, AC, DC, PV, Array, Inverter and so on, to help beginners get a footing in the space!
👨🏼💻 The Solar Lab:
www.thesolarlab.com
We maintain an affiliate relationship with some of the products reviewed, which means we get a small percentage of a sale if you click our links, at no cost to our viewers.
I know you are trying to make this as simple as possible for laypeople but I think it is important to better differentiate between Power (Watts, W) and Energy (Watt-hours, Wh). A 1000W microwave pulls 1000W continuously, not 1000W in one hour. If you run the microwave for 30 minutes, it still is pulling 1000W that whole time, not 500W, but it uses 500Wh of Energy.
To use your bucket filling example, Power in Watts is the rate the bucket is filling, and that rate is determined by the water pressure and hose/nozzle diameter. The Amount of water that is in the bucket at any given time, is like the amount of Energy that has been used, in Watt-hours. It is the rate the bucket is filling, times the time it has been filling.
Power (Watts) = Voltage (Volts) x Current (Amps)
Energy (Watt-hours) = Power (Watts) x Time (hours) = Voltage (Volts) x Current (Amps) x Time (hours)
Batteries are typically sized based on their Energy, not their Power. Meanwhile Solar panels are sized based on the Power they can output at any given instant.
Even engineers muddy these terms constantly, but it is important to understand the difference.
One of the best explanations I've heard thanks for breaking all this down great show 👍
Thank you very much. This video did help me.
Thanks for that. A great basic explanation 👍
Thanks for sharing!!
great education
too much camera fiddling…annoying.
I am confused??? The Vacuum you show says it's 120 Volts and has 7.5 Amps, yet on your whiteboard you say it Suggests you are multiplying 120 Volts x 150 Amps, which is SUPER CONFUSING???? So 120 Volts times 7.5 Amps would be 1200 Watts-NOT 1,800 Watts. You say are trying to simplify everything for people, yet your video is TOTALLY CONFUSING????
We understand how that could be confusing. The photo of the vacuum's sticker was just to showcase how appliances have that information on them....however, the 120V x 15A on the whiteboard was an example we made up on the fly!
Great video. Well said. Thanks