It’s a stupid unit because it averages long-term output including resting periods, and was inveted for steam engine marketing. At least it reflects the quantity it measures, reducing confusion some people have with kW and kWh.
Well, the capitalization is not as bad as the fact that it’s kWh (kilowatthours/Kilowattstunden), not kWh⁻¹ or kW/h (kilowatts per hour/Kilowatts pro Stunde). It’s a measure of energy so it goes up as power is consumed over time, not the other way around!
The capitalization is not as important here but sometimes, it absolutely is - mΩ is 10⁻³ Ω while MΩ is 10⁶ Ω - a billion (Milliarde) times more, or data units like Mb (megabit) and MB (megabyte) where one is 8x larger than the other. Sometimes, the people inventing units made really stupid decision, like 1 Cal = 1 kcal = 1000 cal, with both “Cal” and “cal” being called “calorie”. It’s almost as bad as a billion (American, recently also British English) = 10⁹ vs. ein Billion (German) = 10¹².
It’s a stupid unit because it averages long-term output including resting periods, and was inveted for steam engine marketing. At least it reflects the quantity it measures, reducing confusion some people have with kW and kWh.
It’s also based on a mule, not a horse. Specifically, the mules used for towing mine carts.
People have confusion over Kw vs. Kw/h?
Are you being serious or just trying to trigger me in every way possible?
All the other mistakes that will make me explode in rage
Wow that’s a long list!
It’s the same like with thousands separators and dates. We learned unit ÷ h in math.
Though i have no excusesfor lowercase/uppercase mistakes. edit: “it’s internet” is my excuse.Well, the capitalization is not as bad as the fact that it’s kWh (kilowatthours/Kilowattstunden), not kWh⁻¹ or kW/h (kilowatts per hour/Kilowatts pro Stunde). It’s a measure of energy so it goes up as power is consumed over time, not the other way around!
The capitalization is not as important here but sometimes, it absolutely is - mΩ is 10⁻³ Ω while MΩ is 10⁶ Ω - a billion (Milliarde) times more, or data units like Mb (megabit) and MB (megabyte) where one is 8x larger than the other. Sometimes, the people inventing units made really stupid decision, like 1 Cal = 1 kcal = 1000 cal, with both “Cal” and “cal” being called “calorie”. It’s almost as bad as a billion (American, recently also British English) = 10⁹ vs. ein Billion (German) = 10¹².
I mean … Have you met people?