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Originally Posted by tech740
That makes sense. I was forgetting that 12v amps isn’t the same as 110 amps. Thanks
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Originally Posted by sourdough
Amps are amps as far as I've ever studied:
"DC Amps and AC amps are the exact same thing, they are the measurement of electrons past a given point, the difference is that the electrons of AC go back and forth (alternating) and DC go only in one direction".
I will tell you when you want to get "astraddle of them" DC is almost like a hot burn, AC feels like it will blow your heart up (when "astraddle" of it; btdt) and pulse every fiber of your being.
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Danny is right - an ampere (or shortened, amp) is literally a measure of the number of electrons that pass a given point in one second; it is independent of the type of electromotive driving force, voltage.
My comment came from the principle of conservation of energy, in this instance a watt (which is energy per second). The energy output has to equal the energy input. As no device is 100% efficient, some of the energy that passes through it will be "lost" to heat, thus the input side has a greater power consumption than the output side can deliver. The difference between the input energy and output energy is heat energy, so:
input energy = output energy + heat energy
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