AMP HOURS EXPLAINED (amp hours vs watt hours) 

I remember the formula because the A has one sharp point, the V has one sharp point, so you multiply them together to get W with 2 sharp points (in the same direction). Just a little mnemonic I use. 1 point and 1 point = 2 points. A * V = W

Nate, your ability to explain with clarity blows me away. I am an electrician and industrial maintenance technician and know this stuff like the back of my hand, yet when I try to explain it I'm falling all over myself. Hats off to you, my man!

newb but watching 1000 videos explaining this is slowly starting to sink in. thanks!! :)

I love these videos! I think you guys make up 2/3 of my van build resources playlist haha. I definitely need to come back and rewatch some of your electrical ones, they're worth a couple repeats!

you shame all other people attempting to explain this stuff. simply excellent

The simplicity in which you have explained these things is very helpful for simple-minded people such as myself. Nate, you are a blessing brother! And I look forward to watching more of your videos to get a better understanding of electrical in a camper.

Thank you!! Ive spent the weekend on the road listening to youtube educators. This would have to be the easiest and straight forward explanation I've seen.

Thank You,for a very informative and easy to understand vid. I am not an electrician (more of a Jack of all Trades), but my son-in-law wants to run underfloor heating from solar panels/ battery banks/inverters. So your vid is going to help me tremendously with my calculations.

I have 2 electrical Journeyman cards and a degree in industrial technologies. I am always looking for the most straightforward way to explain these concepts. VERY WELL DONE! You win at explaining!

I absolutely LOVE that you’re able to break these kinds of things down to simplicity that even an idiot like me can understand. I was able to build my solar system with confidence thanks to the solar video you did like this. Thank you so much!

I Absolutely LOVE your style. You are so clear and concise. I've literally watched dozens of videos that give some of the same information but still did'nt quite get it. After your video one time it fit all the pieces together and answered all of my questions. Most people who explain this formula neglect to add the point that by adding "hours" to the amps and watts that you can figure out anything you need to. I appreciate what you're doing and I'm a big fan. Will be watching many more of your videos.

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This video really, really helps. Thank you so much for breaking this down like this. I keep having to come back to this video because I forget the formulas. Extremely helpful, thank you!

Huge thanks for this video as I'm using AGMs in series and now I know how much I've got ☺️

New subscriber here. My goodness FINALLY a comprehensive simple explanation of power compsumption. I wish I had seen this a week ago. THANKS so miuch for this video.

One of the best explanations and in general videos on youtube, period!!! I was so confused prior to watching this video, 🙏🏻

As I work on my camper this makes me feel more competent to get it right I will be watching many more videos Thanks

I have watched many videos about this topic just didn't understand. From your video everything became crystal clear.

Mr. Camper your this video ANSWERED a lot of confusion that i had....thanks

After watching and reading tons of stuff about voltage..wiring..electrics - you're the one that's making a lot of it finally click. Thanks!

I agree, Nate is a natural teacher with a great delivery. This finally helped me understand why everyone is talking about watt hours these days.

Nate, it amazes me that your subscriber numbers are not higher. Your explanations are easy to understand yet provide the right amount of detail.

You're explanation just EARNED you another subscriber. I just started learning this stuff and you make it so easy to learn. Thank you!

BEST DIY show on the internet!! I've learned soooo much! Thank you.

You don't just help people to build camper vans. Here in England, you've also been a great help to this retired plumber (and electrical dumb-ass!) putting a solar battery charging system on his narrow boat (canal boat). Thank you very much.

Good explanation. I always use "watt hours" to describe the capacity of my batteries, and most people dont actually know anything about electricity beyond what they see on RU-vid, so they are always confused when something other than "amp hours" gets mentioned. "Amp hours" used in discussion is only generally relevant if you ASSUME the battery bank is 12v. My bank sounds much smaller than it actually is when I say I have 540Ah (because its 24v)- I always have to caveat, in 12v terms, its actually 1080Ah.

Great Video. I remember the basic formula's (Ohm's Law) as E=IxR and P=IxE where E=voltage, I=current, R=resistance and P=power in watts. It would have been nice if you had explained that what you did there resulted in about one hour battery life (120Ah battery) and if you add batteries you double the time use of the load. Its also easier for the novice to understand if you use 12V, 120V and 1200 watts. I also like that you explained why 24v and higher systems are used: lower current = smaller wire size = money saved. Explaining any electrical or electronic theory is tricky and you did a great job!

I like to think of it like this: Imagine workers carrying batches of electricity through a hallway (which is the cable). Wattage: how much electricity needs to be carried Voltage: how strong workers are; how much electricity each worker can carry. Amperage: how many workers are needed to carry the electricity. So, the lower the voltage, the less a worker can carry; which means you need more workers. More workers need more space in the hallway (cable) to be able to walk together, so lower voltage electricity needs a thicker cable to be carried. At a higher voltage, each worker can carry more electricity, so fewer workers are needed, and therefore, the hallway (cable) doesn't need to be as wide to accommodate them.

Thanks for helping my feeble old mind while I plane my RV battery replacement purchase! You are an outstanding RU-vidr!

As someone just learning about batteries, solar and different uses this helps my understanding. Thank you. Bill

THANK YOU finally someone who has explained this properly

Thank you so much, you just solve a problem for me. This has been confusing me for a while. Your solution is just so great and easy to understand ❤

Wow! Mind blown! I honestly thought I would have to take an electrical class at a community collage to understand W=AxV. Well.. I will need to watch this a few more times but this is SO HELPFUL! Thank you!! The voltage! All I thought I wanted was 600 amp hours with a 3 to 5,000 (amp or watt) inverter. With 1,000 watts of solar. Apples to apples… I think I pulled something

Great video, this helps allot of people visualize things they need to know.

Very clear and informative video. I highly appreciate and recommend your job. Thanks a lot.

Nate, I’ve watched some of your other videos on this stuff and didn’t under stand anything. This was the first one I was like hey this makes sense! Thanks man! I can tell this is your favorite part 😂

I have just started doing my van conversion and am on the insulating stage this week, so I have some way to go before i get the electrical. The one thing that is making me think I have made a huge mistake is all the wiring I need to do. Your videos are helping me a little, but it is still very overwhelming, and the kit you use is very, very expensive. I am looking at 5 amg batteries at 120ah each backed up with 900watt of solar. I need to run 3 sets of 12v lights, two 12v fans, one 12v water pump. I need to run 2 hot water heater 240v (shower+hot tap), a 240v fridge, a 240v TV, a 240v induction hob and my oven will be a 240v air fryer. Then I will have 3 wireless phone charger pod with two 240v sockets with 2 USB built in. This all sound like a lot to have but obviously will only be running one or two things at once like the TV and lights or the air fryer and lights but I have no idea where to start. Am I better to go with a higher volt or amp set up (series/parallel)???

Nate, hats off to you. This is the best video I've seen on the subject because of its clarity and simplicity. I just bought 4 new 12V batteries for my semi. I believe they have 100ah each but I'm not sure. So let's assume they do. They use a parallel connection. So I was wondering if you could do a video illustrating WHY semi trucks (as well as other big vehicles) use a parallel connection instead of in a series.

thanks so much for breaking this down to all the beginners out there. now I have something to share with my friends that are interested in basic electricity and electronics.

Very helpful video. Thank you for making what many see as intimidating easier to grasp. Keep doing this good work!

Thank you! - Finally I found a video that explained it well in a easy and straight forward way.

Very good I'm as green as a frog in solar newbie you made the simple formula easy for me now to understand what all those and why all those guys said what they did about smaller wires costs down 48v vs 12v thankyou now I know what I need to do to plan my families basic solar unit in Philippines because it's always brownouts for days. Thankyou

Thank you Nate. Always learning is good.

Thanks, you make this stuff easier for a old guy. keep up the good work

finally something useful and applicable in the real world. Great job on basic electrical systems

Great channel man this helped me understand a lot. Actually learned a lot of that in welding school so many years ago but for got a lot of the book stuff. I always remembered more volts = less amps

Nice job explaining. One good thing about going in series with 24 volt is wire size. I go for 12 volt and spend more money on wire and save on things that run on 12 volt.

great video, I adjusted my inverter and switched to series, and it worked perfectly! thanks !

Flipped my switch and the lightbulb came on..Thank You VERY well done

Thanks, this is exactly what I'm looking for.

You are a good lecturer,now I am to connect my batteries…5 star ⭐️to you

Well explained video, exactly what I was looking for before investing my money to go off grid

Your videos are very clear and easy to understand.😊

arrrrrgg, Math! Great job breaking it down and making it look basic. I'll still need to watch this a few times. Thank you.

You are one in a million who is dealing a blow to ignorance. Keep it up

Nice and thorough explanation. Even after knowing most of this, I did learn something about the gauging of the wires, Thank You.

I love how you explain things!!! Finally it all makes sense 😁

Easy to understand and very well explained even for at total beginner thanks.

Very good intro/explanation on watt hours. Cheers!

Wonderful video. Simple and direct explanations. Thanks!

Thank you! By far the only real helpful video.

Great video, i have a much better understanding of how capacity works at different voltage. Thank you

So clearly explained, thanks

You are doing the Lord's work by educating us...we appreciate it.

Thank you so very much. This really did bless me I’m going to save it. It’s going to take a bit of study for me though. But thanks to your excellent teaching, I’m going to be a lot farther than I was.

very well explained - thanks for posting

You sir, are a damn good teacher/explainer. Thank you so much for this!

I knew the concepts discussed before but am not convinced that it was the best way to explain it. Once you got into watt hours and power the 1200W space heater, things got a little murky. I had to replay parts to understand what you were saying and if you were saying something I didn't know.

Best explanation I have ever heard, thank you

Amazing video , simple explanation and deep understanding

Thanks for sharing this great and educational video. I wish you could identify the wire size for particular loads.

Your way to explain makes me understand easy this formulas that always I was confused . Thank you for sharing this nice content .

Electrical apprentice here. This is extremely helpful. You clarify this stuff quite well.

Finally - I hope everyone watches this video. Describing your battery system in amp hours is like saying you get miles per gallon. You are missing an important part of the equation and illustrates to someone with knowledge that you have no clue what you are talking about. As we move into Lithium, another key item to know is 3.2v per cell - this makes battery sizes 12.8v, 25.6v & 51.2v. I have a 600 amp hour system at 25.6v - so 15,360 watt hours of capacity on my coach. Nicely done video - thanks!

Thank you! That was very easy to understand.

So much clearer for me. Thank you.

Thank you for passing on your knowledge 👏👏🇬🇧

Wow , your simple explanation is fantastic . Thank you 👍

You are a great teacher. Even non-math person like me got it. Thank you sir.

Awesome video man. Very helpful to me

You're an excellent instructor

Top notch explanation. Very easy to my understanding. Thanks a lot

Excellent Mam. Very lucid explanation.

Nate... Excellent explanation! Well put.

Very clear explanation. Super helpful. Thank you.

Man , you are the best instructor out there. Where were you in my school days :)

Nice explaination I had to Google everthing and finally went with 24 volt for easy wiring

thanks I needed that information, i am working on electric system on my sprinter.

I shared this video to a FB group that I'm the admin for. People always seems to get confused on terminology about amps and amp hours. They will say "my space heater draws 100 amps per hour instead of "100 amp hours." Telling them they are wrong in saying "amps per hour" is an exercise in futility. This idea of using the phrase "amps per hour" instead of "amp hours" is not a new thing. People have been saying that since time began. I remember hearing it from old timers back in the 90s when I worked as a tech support person for a major inverter manufacturer. People don't understand that saying "amps per hour" does not explain how many "amp hours" have been consumed from the battery bank, it just defines how much power is flowing to the given appliance. In fact, the phrase "amps per hour" is a meaningless terminology. Think about it like this: Saying 100 amps per hour is the same as saying 100 amps per minute or 100 amps per second. If your space heater draws 100 amps of power to run it, it draws 100 amps period. It's pointless to say "100 amps per hour". The term AMPS defines how much power is "flowing", not how much power is being consumed over time. People take the "time" phrase of "per hour" and attach it to the "amps" unit of measurement and think they are now measuring "amp hours" and they are not. There is no such measurement unit called "amps per hour" and people don't understand that. It flat out drives me nuts when people in the group I run start talking about power systems and throw out the meaningless phrase of "amps per hour" If you could come up with a way to explain this in a video, you'd win a Pulitzer Prize!

Well done making us wiser ¹ video at a time! Great to watch! Not once, more times!

Thanks for the clearity. 🙏😊

Obviously the W=AxV breakdown formula for determining the amps works, it's just so against my natural tendency to commonize the denominator. Dividing the structure of watts by the structure of volts, in my broken head, looks like 100 Apples divided by 12.8 Bananas ;-) I would attempt to make it 10 x's harder just to end up getting it wrong :-/ SERIOUSLY appreciate your videos brother (& the misses ;-), you've been a wealth of edification in this new addiction here, I'm immensely thankful, keep it up 🙏👍

Hey Buddy, thanks for the Vid. You definitely taught me some stuff & you can explain it better than I can. I did notice one thing that could of just been an mis-write, in the beginning of the vid there were (2) 12volt parrelled batteries, the positive & negative wires were both wired to one end of the battery bank instead of negative on one end of bank & positive on other end of bank for even/equal current flow. Thanks again for the video bro!

This information and circuit diagrams knowledge was just what I needed to know. Amps and watts can be confusing.

VERY Nicely explained thank u

Thank you very much for this video and your time !

This is the first video that I see that clearly explains how Amps work on batteries 😁 the other videos I’ve seen were to confusing 😂

Finally, a video that doesn't use water as a reference. This makes sense. Thank you very much. I had a general understanding of electricity but not the full function of power transfer from a power storage. Do you have any videos on the difference between 12 - 48v lead acid batteries and so on. I can really do with that knowledge

Awesome tutorial! ❤

Thank you,,, finally understand what I need for my rv.