What are the basic units of watt?

Answer 1

The Watt is the unit for power in the SI system, defined as 1 Joule per second. A Joule is the work done in moving 1 meter against a force of 1 Newton. If you are not familiar with the metric system, you may like to know that 1 kilowatt (1000 watts) is equal to 1.341 horsepower. In electrical work the Watt is (volts x amps), that is the same quantity as 1 Joule/sec, which makes it easy in the metric system to work with mechanical and electrical quantities at the same time.

Answer 2

This question is invalid as a unit is a term meaning a specific quantity regarded as a standard of measurement and is not itself such a quantity.

Answer

The question is not invalid, as the 'unit' is a measurement of energy. A unit is used by British electrical utility companies to measure energy consumption, and is short for 'Board of Trade Unit'. A 'unit' is equivalent to a kilowatt hour. A watt, on the hand, is used to measure power, not energy -so you cannot relate a unit to a watt.

Answer 3

In the UK, and probably elsewhere, one unit of electricity is one kilowatt hour (i.e. one kilowatt running for one hour).

Answer 4

A watt is a measurement of power, and power is equal to Fd/t, where F is force (newtons), d is distance (meters) and t is time (seconds)

So 1 watt is 1 newton-meter/second.

Answer 5

It was named after James Watt