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The problem here is that "Ah" (ampere-hours) is not a unit of energy. To convert that to units of energy, you need to multiply by the voltage of the battery. The result, of course, will vary depending on the battery type.The result of this multiplication would give you ampere-hours-volts, or watts-hours (watts times hours). Therefore, you can then divide by the number of watts used, to obtain the time (in hours).

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