On 13 Jul 2006 18:20:15 -0700, "Sheldon" > wrote:

>
>ranck_lavatory-scrubber@vt.*edu* STEALS his employer's services:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> > Wattage ratings are for energy consumed *per hour*
>>
>> Ah, Sheldon showing off his ignorance of basic electrical principals
>> again I see. Wattage is an instantaneous measurment, watt-hours is
>> the energy consumed per hour.
>
>****ing moron... wattage is ALWAYS expressed over time, watts per hour
>being the international standard... watts can't be expressed
>instantaneously because it's not possible to consume power
>instantaneously, not on this planet, not in this solar system, not in
>this universe... nothing can be consumed without the element of time,
>you can't even eat shit lest time passes. IN fact ALL electrical
>functions occur over time, ALWAYS! Without "time" electricity can't be
>produced or consumed... in fact nothing exists without time, NOTHING!
>When time ceases to exist so does this universe... you dumb alien rank
>mother****er.
>
>Sheldon

It is watts multiplied by hours, not divided by housr... kilowatt
hours.
A watt is a current of one ampere flowing through a conductor with a
potential voltage of one volt. It is an instantaneous unit.