{"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) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/baarda.ch\/?p=723\">Weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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}]}}