Volts, watts, and amperes all have things to do with electricity. You may think them similar, but they record different things about electricity!
Amperes record the flow rate of a specific flow rate of a circuit. In equations, it is represented by I. It is one of the SI basic units and is shortened to amp. It is named after André-Marie Ampère, a French mathematician.
A volt is named after Alessandro Volta, the first person that created a battery. Electrons move to different atoms randomly, but if they are all in one direction, a current is formed. What do they need? Something called Electromotive force, or Volts. It measures the potential of electric charge between two places. It is represented by E.
A watt is named after the Scottish engineer James Watt. Usually, it is represented by the symbol P. You can remember this by thinking that P equals power ,which watt defines. It expresses energy per unit per time.
An equation: P = I x E. Basically, Watts equals Volts times Current (Amperes).
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