Electricity "unit" versus KwH

[JoeyDaRench]

I want to look into doing a solar system and need to know my KwH usage.

My current PEA bill shows 1109 "units". I had my wife call to find out the KwH but as she doesn't understand this, I really didn't get an answer.

So, are Units the same as KwH or is there a conversion factor?

Thanks for any help.

[Crossy]

They are one and the same

[JoeyDaRench]

As always Crossy, thanks for your help.

[Issangeorge]

1109, wow I thought my usage was high at just around 400. Then again I don't have AC.

[JAS21]

1109, wow I thought my usage was high at just around 400. Then again I don't have AC.

lol

[Langsuan Man]

They are one and the same

Crossy

Is the measurement for water the same, but in liters ?

I am trying to determine the amount of water it takes to fill my irregularly shaped concrete Koi pond using the start and finish figures displayed on my water meter

[Crossy]

They are one and the same

Crossy

Is the measurement for water the same, but in liters ?

I am trying to determine the amount of water it takes to fill my irregularly shaped concrete Koi pond using the start and finish figures displayed on my water meter

A 'unit' of water is 1m³ = 1,000 Litres, I'm pretty sure that's the same the world over too (maybe not the US).

You should be able to read directly in Litres if you get the decimal point in the right place.

[Jdietz]

Units of measure in Thailand:

1 Unit of Electricity is 1kWh

1 Unit of Water is 1m^3 (1 cubic meter = 1,000 liters ~ 264 US gallons)

Might as well complete this with a few more Thai standards:

1 Baht of Gold = 4 Salung = 15.244 grams bullion or 15.16 grams jewelry

1 Rai of land = 4 Ngan = 400 square Wah = 1,600 square meters

Any others?

Edit: Fixed to SI standards (k, m), thanks.

Edited January 31, 2016 by Jdietz

[Crossy]

1 Unit of Electricity is 1KWh

1 Unit of Water is 1M^3 (1 cubic meter = 1,000 liters ~ 264 US gallons)

Picky I know, but the unit of electricity is the kWh (K is Kelvin, a unit of temperature).

Same for M and m. M is Mega (1,000,000), m is Metre (and milli, a rare re-use of a letter in the SI units) .

[Langsuan Man]

Thank you . I had read an article via a Google search that used the same equation, but since it was authored by a US water company was not sure that it was applicable to Thailand

So when my water bill shows 795 last month and 808 this month that 13 units in a month that means I used 13,000 liters of water

[Crossy]

Units of measure in Thailand:

1 Unit of Electricity is 1kWh

1 Unit of Water is 1m^3 (1 cubic meter = 1,000 liters ~ 264 US gallons)

Might as well complete this with a few more Thai standards:

1 Baht of Gold = 4 Salung = 15.244 grams bullion or 15.16 grams jewelry

1 Rai of land = 4 Ngan = 400 square Wah = 1,600 square meters

Any others?

Edit: Fixed to SI standards (k, m), thanks.

1 Rai is about 0.395 Acres for those still using real units (I never could get on with hectares)

The kWh is a bit of an oddity, the 'hour' isn't an SI unit, 'h' (hecto) is used as the x100 multiplier (between deka and kilo). To be pedantically correct 1 kWh is 3,600 kWs (kilowatt seconds).