On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:08:19 +0100, Rob
wrote:

Yes, that's quite clear, thanks Don.

Now, on pain of death I take it your answer to the question "If you had
to guess, if someone used the phrase 'Watts per hour', what do you think
they meant?" is:

I wouldn't have the slightest idea. I would have to assume that they
hadn't either.

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The problem with saying you consume 400W of electricity in one hour is
that there is instantly a corollary, which it that you will thus consume
800W in two hours, and so on. Do you see the problem?

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In other words, you have absolutely no idea - not even a remote clue, it
would never occur to you that Wh is the answer.

Blimey :-)

Not really. As I said above, if somebody gave a figure in Watts per
hour, and particularly if they persisted in doing so in the face of
multiple questions, I would assume they had not the slightest clue,
and the figure was therefore devoid of meaning.

Before anyone gets picky, there is of course a circumstance in which
the figure would make sense. It would be if they were talking about a
power generator that was ramping its power upwards at a rate of 400
watts per hour. I take it you don't have such a machine in mind?

d

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