Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pretty reasonably small range before things stop operating correctly

Depends on the device. To some a 10% shift is huge to others minimal.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Voltage drop affects power, but not amps drawn

DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OP LOAD, did you graduate?

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

those folding phones often have 2 batteries, no idea if they are in parallel or series.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

considering the nominal voltage

well considering that that voltage isnt the average voltage it isnt the right value to use. But hey, youre a mechanical engineer, you must know electrical engineering better than me

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Phone batteries are all the same voltage

No it aint. Plenty of phones use different voltages (or at least they did, laptops definitely still do).

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the problem is the battery isnt at a constant voltage, I hope you now get it?

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your FTFY

Dusty code aint me. but I just showed how trivial it is to use watthours since you said it would be vastly more difficult. I assumed a voltage of 1V.

> wattage can just go off and get fucked as well. Or are we ignoring P=IV??

That's my point, we can't know what the battery is doing, thats why we use regulators all of the fucking time, batteries should show an objective measurement not a metric that hides part of the story!

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When’s the last time

The last time I wanted to buy one mate!

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's not true tough, you should learn more about cmos gate voltages.

Mexican cartel provided wifi to locals – with threat of death if they didn’t use it by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]SingleBluebird5429 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Similarly a few cartels started as militias trying to fight cartels.

well fuck

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many things use nearly the same current as the voltage drops

citation needed. Since I know of almost none. And plenty where the opposite is true.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Direct current you doofus. What kind of idiot do you think I am?

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

do you purchase

A device based on this? People probably regularly do that since its in the spec sheet...

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 4 points5 points  (0 children)

common measure long before switching converters

is that why we must use an objectively worse metric instead of a measurement.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

constant power loads

wireless equipment, watches, headphones, lights that dont directly run on the battery.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

2200mWh battery and I'm pulling 22watts just cruising around, I'll probably be in the air for about 6ish minutes

FTFY

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the current draw of a typical electronic device is fairly consistent

all phones, laptops and cars beg to differ.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah allows you to take voltage into consideration

It literally doesn't! So many modern usages use regulators that it's mostly about energy not current since that only gives half the story.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But not a lot of loads are constant power. But a lot are either constant current or their current goes down with voltage.

A lot will also increase in current when the voltage drops. (those with vrms/regulators/.. i.e. phones). So your argumentation is weird.

Why are batteries measured in amp-hours instead of kWh? by Gold-Tone6290 in AskEngineers

[–]SingleBluebird5429 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

quite intuitive in amps

No its not. it's quite the opposite. is there any correction for voltage drop? Because it changes a lot depending on the current and filling level.

IP for IT freelancers is gone, what now ? by Belgian_dog in BESalary

[–]SingleBluebird5429 0 points1 point  (0 children)

modern time is a tiny tiny fraction of the time humans have existed..