Quiz #15: What does mAh on a battery mean? → B, how much charge it holds
Milliamp-hours = how much charge it holds: 1,000 mAh can give 1,000 mA (1 A) for 1 hour, or 100 mA for 10 hours; for energy, multiply by the volts (Wh).
What does mAh on a battery mean? 🔋 A, B, C or D? Comment before you watch the answer! 👇
✅ B — how much charge it holds. mAh = milliamp-hours.
⏱️ 1,000 mAh can give 1 A for 1 hour… or 100 mA for 10 hours.
⚡ Want the energy? Multiply by the volts: 5,000 mAh × 3.85 V ≈ 19 Wh (watt-hours).
❌ It's not the charging speed, the voltage or the heat.
Next quiz: zig-zag or box — which one is the resistor symbol? Comment your answer!
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- Five thousand m A h. What does it mean?
- A, charging speed. B, how much it holds. C, voltage. D, heat.
- Lock it in!
- B! Milliamp-hours: how much charge it holds.
- One thousand m A h: one amp for one hour,
- or a hundred milliamps for ten hours!
- Times the volts gives watt-hours!
- Next: which one is the resistor symbol? Comment your answer!
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