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Definitions of Electrical Units

This document defines and provides the units for various electrical concepts including volt, ampere, ohm, watt, farad, henry, siemens, coulomb, tesla, weber, joule, kilowatt-hour, kilovolt-amps and hertz. It explains what each unit measures and its relationship to other units.

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Definitions of Electrical Units

This document defines and provides the units for various electrical concepts including volt, ampere, ohm, watt, farad, henry, siemens, coulomb, tesla, weber, joule, kilowatt-hour, kilovolt-amps and hertz. It explains what each unit measures and its relationship to other units.

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Volt (V)

Volt is the electrical unit of voltage.


One volt is the energy of 1 joule that is consumed when electric charge of 1
coulomb flows in the circuit.
1V = 1J / 1C
Ampere (A)
Ampere is the electrical unit of electrical current. It measures the amount of
electrical charge that flows in an electrical circuit per 1 second.
1A = 1C / 1s
Ohm (O)
Ohm is the electrical unit of resistance.
1O = 1V / 1A
Watt (W)
Watt is the electrical unit of electric power. It measures the rate of consumed
energy.
1W = 1J / 1s
1W = 1V�1A
Decibel-milliwatt (dBm)
Decibel-milliwatt or dBm is a unit of electric power, measured with logarithmic
scale referenced to 1mW.
10dBm = 10 �log10(10mW / 1mW)
Decibel-Watt (dBW)
Decibel-watt or dBW is a unit of electric power, measured with logarithmic scale
referenced to 1W.
10dBW = 10 �log10(10W / 1W)
Farad (F)
Farad is the unit of capacitance. It represents the amount of electric charge in
coulombs that is stored per 1 volt.
1F = 1C / 1V
Henry (H)
Henry is the unit of inductance.
1H = 1Wb / 1A
siemens (S)
siemens is the unit of conductance, which is the opposite of resistance.
1S = 1 / 1O
Coulomb (C)
Coulomb is the unit of electric charge.
1C = 6.238792�1018 electron charges
Ampere-hour (Ah)
Ampere-hour is a unit of electric charge.
One ampere-hour is the electric charge that flow in electrical circuit, when a
current of 1 ampere is applied for 1 hour.
1Ah = 1A�1hour
One ampere-hour is equal to 3600 coulombs.
1Ah = 3600C
Tesla (T)
Tesla is the unit of magnetic field.
1T = 1Wb / 1m2
Weber (Wb)
Weber is the unit of magnetic flux.
1Wb = 1V� 1s
Joule (J)
Joule is the unit of energy.
1J = 1 kg � 1(m / s)2
Kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Kilowatt-hour is a unit of energy.
1kWh = 1kW�1h = 1000W�1h
Kilovolt-amps (kVA)
Kilovolt-amps is a unit of power.
1kVA = 1kV�1A = 1000 �1V�1A
Hertz (Hz)
Hertz is the unit of frequency. It measures the number of cycles per second.
1 Hz = 1 cycles / s

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