What's a Watt - Power benchmarks
VWEW's 'Lernsequenzen' (in German) [1], gives a few typical power benchmarks, allowing to develop an intuitive feeling for Watts, from mili-Watts and Megawatts:
- Wristwatch: 0.02 mW
- Bicycle light: 3 W
- Person (continuous): around 100 W
- Top sport (long-duration effort): around 340 W
- Average power of a horse: around 500 W
- Car: e.g. 55 kW
- Truck: around 250 kW
- Diesel locomotive: up to 3,000 kW
- Nuclear power plant: 1,300 MW
[1] VWEW, Lernsequenzen Heft 1, p 10
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