Re: Large power storage devices (Ho

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From: dje
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 19:12

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> E=1.6E7 Joules = 1E10 W-s = 3000 kWh by this estimate.
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> Of course, being an astrophysicist, I have liberal error bars :-)

Sounds great. Start that baby up and run your house for a year!!
But I'm pretty sure  1 J = 1 W-s.

Therefore:

	E=1.6E7 Joules = 1.6E7 W-s = 4400 Wh = 4.4 KWh 

That's one 100W light bulb for 44 hours. Oh well. 

 				Dave Erickson
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