The reason is simple: your electric bill is measured in kWh, and you get charged based on the kWh of electricity you use per month! How many volts and amps does a TV use? The wattage of an appliance is determined from its voltage and amperage. You can use the yellow EnergyGuide label...
Many of your songs have deep emotion at their core. For example, onFireworks and Rollerblades, you have a song called "Cry" and the lyrics go, "Cry cry cry/ Go ahead and ruin someone else's life." These are heavy sentiments. Does a weight come off your chest when you ...
Off-grid solar is a great way to be energy efficient, but it needs proper planning. Learn how to size your solar array with our expert tips.
Why do you think that your life has become a little bit contentious? After so many years doing this [and] being under public scrutiny, it gets kind of hard to deal with. Especially with how long I've kept fans waiting, and their demands get higher, and their expectations get higher, ...
One of the most confusing topics in home-audio design is figuring out what sizeamplifieryour speakers need. Usually, people make such a decision based on simplistic and sometimes meaningless speaker andamplifier output specifications. Many tend to follow misconceptions about how amps and speakers work...
How Many Watts Does an Average Home Use? The average South African household consumes around 7.5 kWh of electricity daily for an entire day’s activities: cooking meals, watching television, doing laundry, running the dishwasher, etc. It also accounts for the appliances that run in the backgrou...
Maxwell's work was responsible for many of the scientific principles at work, but he wasn't the first scientist to experiment with electricity and magnetism. Nearly 50 years earlier, Hans Christian Oersted found that a compass he was using reacted when a battery in his lab was switched on ...
So why not skip this process and just use the outlet to power the motor in the first place? Because the current required to power an appliance is quite large. Have you ever noticed how turning on a large appliance such as a television or a washing machine can sometimes cause the lights ...
Teddy likes it and brings it to the label, but The Six has burned too many bridges, and the label isn't willing to take another chance on them. Teddy brings in Daisy as a last-ditch effort to try to fix the song. In the book, none of this happens! Billy returns from rehab and...
many manufacturers claim that their amps deliver equal power to all channels, we’ve seen several where that was not the case at all. With a multi-channel AV receiver, the stereo and direct modes ensure that as much power is being delivered to the front left and right speakers as possible...