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Can you convert ohms to wattage?

greg aguilera wrote:Can you convert ohms to wattage?

I don't understand what you are asking here. Could you provide a description of your science fair project, and where you are having problems?


Louise

Dear Greg,

I came across an interesting web page that discusses these topics.

http://amasci.com/elect/vwatt1.html

After you've read a bit about the terminology of this topic. perhaps you can tell us about the experiment you're planning.

Sincerely,
Janelle

Ohms is a unit used in measuring electrical resistance.
Watts is a unit used in measuring electrical power.

Here is the relation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_p ... tric_power

hi there

i see you are trying to convert ohms to wattage. but these are two different units of measure for electricity. to help you better with your understanding here is a site that you should read on

http://www.sdiohio.com/Pages/Technical%20Info.htm