{"id":723,"date":"2026-08-25T11:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=723"},"modified":"2026-08-25T11:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:49:18","slug":"spritty-spritty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Spritty spritty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gemini: Think of electricity like water flowing through a hose pipe: <strong>Volt<\/strong> is the pressure, <strong>Ampere<\/strong> is the volume of flow, and <strong>Watt<\/strong> is the total power delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Volt (V) \u2014 Electrical Pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What it is:<\/strong> The force pushing electrical charges through a circuit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Water analogy:<\/strong> The water pressure in the pipe. High voltage means the electricity is being pushed with high force.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Example:<\/strong> Standard European wall sockets supply <strong>230V<\/strong>, whereas AA batteries deliver just <strong>1.5V<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ampere (A) \u2014 Electrical Current<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What it is:<\/strong> The measure of how many electric charges flow past a point per second.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Water analogy:<\/strong> The thickness of the water stream (flow rate). A thick pipe carries more current than a thin hose.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Example:<\/strong> A smartphone charger pulls around <strong>1A to 3A<\/strong>, while an electric oven can pull <strong>16A<\/strong> or more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watt (W) \u2014 Total Power Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What it is:<\/strong> The rate at which electrical energy is used or produced. It is calculated by multiplying pressure by flow: <strong>Watts = Volts \u00d7 Amps<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Water analogy:<\/strong> The total amount of energy coming out of the hose. High pressure (Volts) combined with high flow (Amps) turns a water wheel rapidly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Example:<\/strong> A modern LED light bulb uses about <strong>9W<\/strong>, whereas a kettle uses around <strong>2,000W (2 kW)<\/strong> to heat water quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemini: Think of electricity like water flowing through a hose pipe: Volt is the pressure, Ampere is the volume of flow, and Watt is the total power delivered. Volt (V) \u2014 Electrical Pressure Ampere (A) \u2014 Electrical Current Watt (W) \u2014 Total Power Output<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}