- Electricity Power and Electricity Reform Laws in the Philippines
- Dr. (Atty.) Jose C. Montemayor
- Publisher: Central Book Supply Inc.
- ISBN: 978-621-02-2052-0
- No. of Pages: 496
- Size: 6 x 9
- Edition: 2023
Description:
Electric power, like mechanical power, is the rate of doing work, measured in watts, and represented by the letter P. The term wattage is used colloquially to mean "electric power in watts." The electric power in watts produced by an electric current I consisting of a charge of Q coulombs every t seconds passing through an electric potential (voltage) difference of V is
Where:
W is work in joules
t is time in seconds
Q is electric charge in coulombs
V is electric potential or voltage in volts
I is electric current in amperes