the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

@kat @starkatt @LexYeen this is beyond my current ability to explain, we're very near going to bed. katt might be able to explain it? or know of a resource that does, she's good at knowing of resources for things
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen wattage is power, it's the amount of heat being generated in the resistor
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen also i think this thread keeps breaking because this s0 person is on an instance that isn't on awoo's allow list, sorry about that
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen yes, power is proportional to voltage squared (in a resistive medium)
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen current is a function of voltage *and other things*; 5 V across a 5 Ω resistor gives you 1 A, and consequently 5 W of heat being produced in the resistor, but 5 V across a 10 Ω resistor gives you 0.5 A, and consequently 2.5 W of heat
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen yes, they're different. not sure how to adequately explain the difference right now though
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen yes, an amp-hour is a measure of electric charge, whereas a watt-hour is a measure of energy

one watt-hour is equal to one amp-hour from a one-volt power supply
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen watt-hours are capacity, watts are how quickly you can deliver energy (how much energy you can provide per second) whereas watt-hours are how much energy you have (one watt hour is one watt provided for one hour)
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen i'm not sure why battery capacity is measured in amps either because it'd make more sense to give it in watts
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen it'd be a pretty simple solder job, no need for fancy equipment (as much as I hate the cheapo hardware store irons, i do think they'd suffice for this)
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@kat @starkatt @LexYeen in the space you have, a breadboard wouldn't fit

crimp connectors might be a bit tight too, hmm
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@kat @LexYeen no i'm happy to help! i'd like to help you understand if you want, i'm just running out of steam

i'm sure you can understand it, but it's just too much to get into now, would need to figure out first where your understanding of physics is to know where to start from
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@kat @LexYeen this is a bit much to explain right now i think? i'm happy to help but running out of steam right now, and it gets pretty complicated. maybe a bit later? sorry

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@kat @LexYeen i thought you were just curious so i only gave a really cursory overview; what exactly do you want to understand?
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@kat @LexYeen i mean it's an analogy, it's not perfect, but yeah pretty much
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@kat @LexYeen that's an oversimplification but without getting into solid-state physics things get a bit complicated
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@kat @LexYeen it's related to the speed of the electrons flowing through the wire
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@kat @LexYeen the usual analogy is to think of water flowing through a pipe; voltage is the water pressure, and current is how fast it's flowing
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@starkatt @LexYeen @kat brightness is approximately linear in current, so an LED run at half current will be about half brightness
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@kat @LexYeen so like if you order anything else that i linked from digikey, get the resistors from them too (don't order just resistors though or you'll be paying 10 cents for a resistor and $7 for shipping the single resistor)
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