Timeline for How do I calculate how many watts of energy I need when camping?
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| Dec 7, 2017 at 3:07 | history | edited | Charlie Brumbaugh |
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| Oct 8, 2016 at 16:19 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackOutdoors/status/784790413735497730 | ||
| Oct 6, 2016 at 3:00 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 30, 2016 at 14:14 | comment | added | Glenn | The sum of all the devices you don't need times zero. | |
| Sep 30, 2016 at 3:19 | answer | added | Mike | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 23:38 | comment | added | PJTraill | I think basic physics does not belong here, whereas specific outdoorsy questions (¿what batteries are practical when camping?) do. Just as you wouldn’t ask how cook spaghetti, but might ask how to cook over a campfire. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 23:31 | comment | added | PJTraill | (A) As @njzk2 says, the wattage does not tell you how much energy the power supply contains, but how fast it can supply that energy; the total energy is measured in a unit like kilowatt hours or watt seconds, i.e. watts × time. (B) What amperes tell you is a bit like how much water (e.g. litres/minute) is going over a waterfall: you need the height as well to know how hard it can for you; similarly, amps tell you how fast the current moves, but you need the voltage as well to work out how hard it works. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 19:35 | comment | added | njzk2 | watts are not energy. they are power. In your case electrical power. And guess what, the answer to your question is in that last link. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 19:20 | comment | added | Rory Alsop♦ | Yes, it's a simple question, and is covered on electronics (and probably Physics and others) but this is something that many classes of campers have to deal with. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 19:09 | answer | added | mephisto | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 18:04 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 29, 2016 at 16:00 | comment | added | James Jenkins | @BenCrowell you always need at least enough energy to power your device so you can get to The Great Outdoors for solutions to issues you encounter along the way, Example | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 15:46 | comment | added | user2169 | Isn't the answer zero? | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 15:41 | answer | added | topshot | timeline score: 9 | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 15:13 | comment | added | James Jenkins | P.S. Yes there are a bunch of place on the web where you can find this answer. But we (The Great Outdoors) do not have it. There are several questions I want to ask that are dependent on this and internal links are much preferred to external links. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 15:13 | history | asked | James Jenkins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |