Volts, Amps, and Watts Explained

Volts, Amps, and Watts Explained

What’s the difference between a volt, amp, and watt? Why is your power bill in kilowatt-hours and your battery bank in milliamp-hours? Why are there so many units?!

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50 Comments

  1. MountJoyPa on September 6, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    Tech Quickie, more a SNL Skit

  2. Shahnawaz Rahman on September 6, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    Excellent

  3. PERSEUS on September 6, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    I need to re-watch this while I’m not drinking.

  4. clayton dewulf on September 6, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    I AM WAT

  5. 100,000 subscriber challenge with Peppa pig on September 6, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    I have 3 PCs which run at the same time
    My dad is always worried of electricity bill

  6. Lucia Lee on September 6, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    Thank you so much this helped me understand so much for my physics class

  7. Basic Knowledge on September 6, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    Thanks

  8. Dumont Co on September 6, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    I need this information, but the guy is horribly annoying.

  9. 100,000 subscriber challenge with Peppa pig on September 6, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    Who came here just to create a dank meme

  10. Sumudu Maduwantha on September 6, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Linus explained these better than my physics teacher. LOL

  11. rinnin on September 6, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    02:55 my eardrums just exploded! 😢

  12. Cherry Titan on September 6, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    That was badly explained.

  13. Michael Frawley on September 6, 2020 at 10:28 pm

    So why do we have 48v 10ah ebike batteries…why not 12v 40ah batteries and keep everything dc one voltage?

  14. money shot on September 6, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    So if I want to buy a bug zapper to make those suckers pop, what am I looking for? Higher watts or volts?

  15. RouX on September 6, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    Physics from Linus, yes pls

  16. Ozymandias on September 6, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    Electrical Engineer left the chat.

  17. Benudhar Pattnaik on September 6, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    Sir,
    I like you example

  18. Sabol Anton on September 6, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    4:47

  19. Gyxo on September 6, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    how did i end up with linus explaining me physics ideas?

  20. Prabashini A H G Mudiyanselage on September 6, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    Hi, can u please help me? If a Voltage of 1.5V means that there are 1.5J carried by every coulomb of charge passing through the lamp, then how do the electrons have any more energy or pushing force left to return to the other side of the battery?

  21. GaMeR on September 6, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    I have a HP 24f monitor which came with 19v 1.58amp 30w. Now it is blown and i can only find 19.5v 3.33amp 60w can i use that on my monitor ?

  22. Noah Batur on September 6, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    Needs music in the background

  23. Jc Lewis Barragán on September 6, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    Ok big question… Why if Voltage is pressure, if a phone battery is fully charge and you read it with a multimeter it would say i.e. 3.5V and the phone works with 3.5V. Then when is not fully charged it will say i.e. 1.5V. Does that mean the phone isnt getting as much volts as is supposed to need to work properly? (the labels normally say 3.5V)

  24. Gary Wong on September 6, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    Nice and slow over the beginner stuff.

    Then flew so fast over the advanced stuff. 🤔

  25. haxh kiikbas on September 6, 2020 at 10:43 pm

    Maybe just u like watching things spin

  26. Dheemant Joshi on September 6, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    You are Linus aren’t you?

  27. Anthony Valerio on September 6, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    POWER **inserts Vegeta**

  28. Empi Lights on September 6, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    Nice explanation from Machine gun kelly.. helped me in my medical admission test review

  29. Angela Marie on September 6, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    People that speak like this make my head spin. Its aggravating.

  30. Shehryar Zia on September 6, 2020 at 10:51 pm

    Sucking power😂😂😂😂😂
    0:15

  31. SmirkDoge on September 6, 2020 at 10:52 pm

    Did you buy that hair dryer from StockX? Damn OG.

  32. Marshall Hyasi on September 6, 2020 at 10:52 pm

    Great

  33. Crispy Chaos on September 6, 2020 at 10:53 pm

    I want to buy a home kiln, like a small one to make figurines but I’m worried about overloading the breaker. I had a portable ac and twice I’ve overloaded it before doing some research. Reason I overloaded the breaker was because I had a tv, modem, laptop, and ipad plugged in. Now I know better. My question is should I be looking at voltage, watts or amps so as to not overload the breaker again?

  34. A.G. Kroeger on September 6, 2020 at 10:57 pm

    1:31 How did this happen?

  35. Simon Dunlap on September 6, 2020 at 10:57 pm

    This explanation is good, but it tends to confuse towards the end.

  36. Emre Çakır on September 6, 2020 at 10:58 pm

    Holy Linus! How many channels do you have?

  37. donnie baker on September 6, 2020 at 10:58 pm

    The line is you’re saying that a watt and a kilowatt is about energy and not about the amount of Watts and you’re saying that the battery capacity is not about the time majored in amp hours in kilowatt hours about time but I tell you what every month do use so much electricity according to what’s the time last Linus you need some new script writers that knows something about the subject you are trying to explain

  38. Random ! on September 6, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    If 9V means that 9 joules of energy is transferred by every coulomb of charge, then if all of this energy carried by the electrical current is transferred into light/thermal energy in the lamp, then how does the electrons have any energy or "pushing force" left to return to the opposite side of the cell?

    Any help is appreciated!

  39. Friukas on September 6, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    Explained nicely. Love the Serenity on the back of the door at 6:01!

  40. Stephen Hill on September 6, 2020 at 11:03 pm

    I was trying to find Warframe video and this is what came up.. well, it’s educational and all, but how can I kill eidolon with this knowledge?

  41. Kaveh Rahnema on September 6, 2020 at 11:03 pm

    Thanks for the video but the dryer you buy in Monaco will not blow up in the USA; it will probably not work or operate slowly. If you buy an american dryer it will normally blow up in Monaco. Take care!

  42. BMB Worldview Enjoyment on September 6, 2020 at 11:04 pm

    Why you are shaking
    Is the Electric wire under your feet ?

  43. Jay Zoned on September 6, 2020 at 11:04 pm

    question. my psu is 600w. but my pc usage is just around 300+w including monitor. will 600w ups work?

  44. vinothkannan R on September 6, 2020 at 11:07 pm

    good video

  45. Allan Clover on September 6, 2020 at 11:08 pm

    Second rate youtubers? You guys explains thing thats complicates me for years much more simpler and yet thoroughly than my instructor..great job!

  46. Govindaraj D on September 6, 2020 at 11:08 pm

    Thanks! Easy to understand (clearly explained) and very useful!

  47. Bora.srinubabu bora.srinubabu on September 6, 2020 at 11:09 pm

    watt is more or voltage is more big

  48. gridokun on September 6, 2020 at 11:10 pm

    this video is not for beginners.

  49. Gordon Phillips on September 6, 2020 at 11:11 pm

    It still doesn’t really explain the difference between power and current.

  50. Mr Nogot on September 6, 2020 at 11:13 pm

    0:18 I get it

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