Difference between watts and joules?

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I have absolutely no idea whether there is any difference at all between watts and joules - my technical knowledge is practically non existent. However I do remember watching a PBusardo review some time ago and he posited the theory (his own theory) that some companies were using joules instead of watts simply for patent reasons - sort of to hide the fact that they were copying other makers' technology. So they were using joules instead of watts to be able to claim that their technology was different, yada yada yada. From this I inferred there is absolutely no difference between watts and joules. It's just a different measure for what is essentially the same thing.
 
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So they were using joules instead of watts to be able to claim that their technology was different, yada yada yada. From this I inferred there is absolutely no difference between watts and joules. It's just a different measure for what is essentially the same thing.
In the Bizarro world of YiHi, where time is measured in yards and miles, and left/right is what's measured with a clock, this might be true. In the real world it's not.
 

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What's inanely hilarious about these type Threads about Joules and the Concept thereof is it may start as Someone's honest quest to educate and gain some "understanding" but quickly turns into a Hater-Fest.
The skewing of Facts & Law to justify a contrary Bias is as incredible as it is entertaining.

*Disclaimer... I don't completely understand it myself. However, I'm not one of those who take the "Pitchfork & Torch" Posture when I don't. I personally refuse to demonize or blame a Concept or device for my own Ignorance.
That would be "Unwise" ;)
 

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Watts and joules are like miles vs miles per hour.
And companies are mis-using "miles" when they clearly still mean to say how fast you are going, not how far you have gone. Or, will go, since you're setting the "miles" before you even engage the device, and for it to actually do that, it would have to know the future, in order to know how long you'll engage it so it knows how fast to set your speed at so you will have gone the right distance after you decide to let go.
 

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1 watt = 1 joule per second.
1 joule = 1 wattsecond

I still have no idea why some mod show joules; if they are using the term correctly then maybe it stops firing after delivering the specified amount of joules; if they use 'joule' when it should be 'watt' then i have to wonder what else they got wrong.
 

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What's inanely hilarious about these type Threads about Joules and the Concept thereof is it may start as Someone's honest quest to educate and gain some "understanding" but quickly turns into a Hater-Fest.
The skewing of Facts & Law to justify a contrary Bias is as incredible as it is entertaining.

*Disclaimer... I don't completely understand it myself. However, I'm not one of those who take the "Pitchfork & Torch" Posture when I don't. I personally refuse to demonize or blame a Concept or Device for my own Ignorance.
That would be "Unwise" ;)
I find Deepak Chopra both hilarious and mildly annoying, but I know there are people out there who actually admire his "wisdom". For all I know they even waste their time trying to understand what he's on about.

All I can say is that people are different, so I can only speak for myself when I say that when someone talks nonsense, I'm not going to take them seriously.

I have no doubt that the YiHi board does a good job at whatever it does, but I have yet to hear a sensible explanation of what that has to do with Joules.

Quantum joules, maybe? And spiritual journey ascending the consciousness of the unfolding vape. Quantum, quantum.
 
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    I still have no idea why some mod show joules; if they are using the term correctly then maybe it stops firing after delivering the specified amount of joules; if they use 'joule' when it should be 'watt' then i have to wonder what else they got wrong.
    The only way it makes sense is hinted at by how you explain it ... after a certain number of joules it goes on more of an auto-pilot based on temperature setting and what has happened so far. The other thing is that constant power flow, short of protection, isn't really ideal with TC anyway, or is only one limitation. At the first instant of fire, the mod is deciding how much voltage to start off with, how much power only if resistance stays constant, which it doesn't. It's wordplay but its says watts isn't the right word either.
     
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    Watts:
    watt2.jpg


    Joules:
    vlcsnap-2013-03-07-03h48m28s197.png


    :lol::lol::lol:
     
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