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Old 25th-July-2008, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by brianidaho View Post
Agreed. Power (Rate of energy transfer) X Time = Energy
I was referring to your comment:
"The power it consumed (energy) to do so is a function of how long your electric kettle was on and drawing 3kW ( 2 minutes in your example)."
The power that it takes is not a function of time.
The energy is.
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