Quote from: Enigma81 on December 10, 2011, 04:43:46 AM

You must use different math than the rest of the world. You should probably refrain from answering questions that involve any type of electronic circuit.

My point was to poke fun at the previous poster who's electricity is leaking onto the interwebs. Otherwise, we're using the same math.

I fully understand that wattage is a measure of the current drawn at a particular voltage, ala Watt's law:

P (work, or watts) = I (current) * V (voltage)

But wait! Don't forget that Ohm guy, his law says:

V (voltage) = I (current) * R (resistance)

R is the only element you can normally change. R is the light bulb, the furnace, the computer, etc, and R determines how much current you draw and how much voltage is dropped along a circuit. You don't change current or voltage separately.

I forgot what my point was? Oh yeah! We're arguing from opposite sides of a balanced equation! That's just not smart, lets not do that.

[edit] I see, when I said "The same current flows through your light bulbs, but doesn't cost as much since you use less of it as work" I didn't mean to use 'current', but instead 'electric energy' like the last guy. Typo, my bad.