Can We Rename the Kilowatt-Hour?

[TheTalkingMule]

Even electrical engineers and energy journalists misuse kW and kWh, it's time to create a new unit of measure for the kilowatt-hour. A direct 1:1 conversion, simply a different name so people don't get so confused and can visualize units of energy within conversations on topics like net metering.

Some options so far(in order of personal preference):

"Lumps"
"Dollops"
"Globs"
"Shneckins"
"Elons"
"FECs" (F$%^ing Electrical Chunks)

Thoughts on other potential names?

 

[doghousePVD]

No. No. NO!

Too many people are already confused.

A kWh is easy - ten old fashioned 100 watt light bulbs on for an hour. Or the { toaster | hairdryer | toaster oven | shop vac | etc. } on for about an hour.

 

[mblakele]

Kilowatt hour - Wikipedia

[...]

The Board of Trade unit (BOTU) is an obsolete UK synonym for kilowatt hour. The term derives from the name of the Board of Trade which regulated the electricity industry until 1942 when the Ministry of Power took over.

[...]

In India, the kilowatt hour is often simply called a Unit of energy. A million units, designated MU, is a gigawatt hour and a BU (billion units) is a terawatt hour.​

 

[SageBrush]

I know !!

How about 3.6 M"joule" ?

I gather the Aussies chose that unit but I presume they bitch and moan if they have to calculate a power.

E.g.
My car took in 4 MJ in 30 minutes.
What is the average power ?

Compared to:
My car took in 1.1 kWh in 30 minutes.
What is the average power ?

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The fault lies with the babylonians. The sooner time is changed to base 10 the sooner more of use will be able to deal with energy and power. Circles are a lost cause.

 

[WarpedOne]

Some of the world problems simply can't and will not be fixed...
One is misusing kW and kWh, the other is stupidity.

 

[nwdiver]

I definitely agree that a more distinct unit for kW or kWh would be helpful. 1 Gallon of Gasoline is ~45HP-h but I'm pretty sure that no one in the history of horses has ever used 'Gallons' when they meant 'HP' or vice versa... mixing power and energy with kW and kWh seems to happen ~90% of the time....

By pure chance you'd think people would get it right more often

You can usually infer whether it's kW or kWh by context but that's not as easy with storage. If someone says a home has a 5kW battery system..... is that 5kW with 10kWh of batteries or 5kW with 5kWh of batteries or....

 

[nwdiver]

I think perhaps the best outcome we can hope for is instead of kW and kWh... use kWp and kWh.

 

[SageBrush]

use kWp

:: shudder ::

I can see it now: kWph

 

[Silicon Desert]

A kWh is easy - ten old fashioned 100 watt light bulbs on for an hour. Or the { toaster | hairdryer | toaster oven | shop vac | etc. } on for about an hour.

Well, ok, but a kWh sounds like a whole lot more energy when using the "Peggy Bundy" definition of the vibrator being on all night every night for a year
I'm still trying to figure out if the OP is serious or making humor