This is a very good question. A joule is a unit of energy, and a watt is a unit of power. Power is the rate at which energy is converted from potenital to kinetic energy. So power is some quantity of energy divided by some unit of time. In the SI system, a watt is equal to 1 joule per second. Real life example. A 60W lightbulb uses 60 joules of energy every second. Hope this helps!
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Power is measured in watts, or joules per second. So in 90 seconds, 1200 joules of work is equal to 1200/90 watts or 13.3 watts.
Watts is a unit of power; Joules is a unit of energy. Watts means Joules/second, so you would need to know how long a machine that uses 36 watts (for example, certain light-bulbs) is used.36 watts is simply 36 Joules per second; this is the same as 2160 Joules per minute, or 129,600 Joules per hour.Since the electricity bill is measured in kWh instead of Joule (1 kWh = 3,600,000 Ws = 3,600,000 Joule), you might also say that a device that uses 36 watts uses 0.036 kWh every hour.
Work is energy, measured in joules. The rate of work, or joules per second, is known as watts, or power.
That is called a kilowatt (kW). It is also equal to 1000 joules/second.
The energy unit is not watts per hour, but watts times hour, simply called watt-hours.One BTU is equal to about 1055 Joules or Watt-seconds; that is about 0.293 watt-hours. Actually there are different definitions of the BTU.The energy unit is not watts per hour, but watts times hour, simply called watt-hours.One BTU is equal to about 1055 Joules or Watt-seconds; that is about 0.293 watt-hours. Actually there are different definitions of the BTU.The energy unit is not watts per hour, but watts times hour, simply called watt-hours.One BTU is equal to about 1055 Joules or Watt-seconds; that is about 0.293 watt-hours. Actually there are different definitions of the BTU.The energy unit is not watts per hour, but watts times hour, simply called watt-hours.One BTU is equal to about 1055 Joules or Watt-seconds; that is about 0.293 watt-hours. Actually there are different definitions of the BTU.