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Physicists, help me understand this:

If they're referring to _power_, the unit should be _KW_, right?

And if they're referring to _energy_ consumed (in some interval of time), then it should be _KW⋅h_ (not _KW/h_). Right?

(And if so: the quantity is meaningless unless you specify _the interval of time_. eg: _“400 KW·h on an average day”_. No? I mean, my smartphone also consumes 400 KW·h… if I use it for long enough!)

@tripu
I would interpret it as the energy consumption for one hour of operation
Thus if you use the elevator for one hour you're consuming 400 kW/h
Or maybe the people who were writing the sign had no idea what they were talking about

@tripu
It does appear like a lot, maybe they meant the daily average, but then as you say the sign is really misleading

@rastinza

The unit for “energy consumption for [period of time]” should be an _energy_ unit, like _joule_ or _kcal_. Or even _KW·h_.

So you could say any of this:

* “The lift consumes 10 J every hour”
* “The lift consumes 25.6 KW·h per hour”
* “The lift consumes 0.3 J / h”
* “The lift consumes 981 KW·h / h”

But not: “the lift consumes 400 KW / h”.

Right?

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