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What Wattage is too expensive?
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<blockquote data-quote="mat3833" data-source="post: 8823927" data-attributes="member: 587645"><p>Slight continuation to the power discussion. Batteries only hold so much power. That is usually measured in AH or Amp Hours. I'm too lazy to convert that to watt hours, but you just multiply by the batteries voltage to get watt hours. </p><p></p><p>Starting a car would use very high currents for a very short duration. Ex:</p><p>14v X 300a X 5 seconds = 350ish watt/minutes or 5.8 watt/hours. </p><p></p><p>14v X 100a X 30 minutes = 700 watt/hours. </p><p></p><p>Even if I'm only using 50a of current to play my system for the half hour, it's still 7 times more energy than starting the car. </p><p></p><p>Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mat3833, post: 8823927, member: 587645"] Slight continuation to the power discussion. Batteries only hold so much power. That is usually measured in AH or Amp Hours. I'm too lazy to convert that to watt hours, but you just multiply by the batteries voltage to get watt hours. Starting a car would use very high currents for a very short duration. Ex: 14v X 300a X 5 seconds = 350ish watt/minutes or 5.8 watt/hours. 14v X 100a X 30 minutes = 700 watt/hours. Even if I'm only using 50a of current to play my system for the half hour, it's still 7 times more energy than starting the car. Matt [/QUOTE]
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