ear Bill, Absolutely obvious! I can't think why I didn't see this (so obvious) connection (tee hee).
Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia -- on 2004-05-19 05.06, Bill Hooper at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2004 May 18 , at 4:16 AM, Pat Naughtin wrote: >> If other forms of energy � say electrical energy � was also supplied in >> joules (instead of the arcane kWh), you could readily compare the >> different >> forms of energy with the different work that they do for you. > > A joule is equal to a watt-second and a kilojoule is equal to a > kilowatt-second. Therefore it is obvious (isn't it?) that a > kilowatt-HOUR is just 3600 times bigger (because an hour is 60 X 60 or > 3600 times bigger than a second) so that; > > 1 kW.h = 3600 kJ (or 3.6 MJ) > > Regards, > Bill Hooper > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA > <><><><><><><><><><><><> > Make it simple; Make it Metric > <><><><><><><><><><><><> >
