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How many mAh does an LED use?
LED current use is measured in milliamps (mA). As a rule of thumb, we usually use 20 mA as a guideline for a single LED at full brightness, and each color “pixel” contains three LEDs (one each for red, green and blue), for a total of 60 mA per pixel when displaying white at full brightness.
How many watts does a 12-volt battery have?
A 12 volt 1ah (amp hour) battery is rated to put out 12 watts for 1 hour before it is fully discharged. Or it could do 24 watts for a half hour. A 12 volt 2ah battery can put out 24 watts for 1 hour or 48 watts for half an hour.
How long will a 2200mAh battery last?
For one hour, a 2200mAh battery can provide 2.2A. It can be drained before the battery needs to be charged. If you used half the current, you should get two hours of usable power.
How do you calculate current from voltage and mAh?
Insert Watts-hour (Wh) and voltage (V) and click on Calculate to obtain milliamp-hours (mAh). Formula is (Wh)*1000/(V) =(mAh). For example, if you have a 1.5Wh battery rated at 5V, the power is 1.5Wh * 1000 / 5V = 300mAh.
How many batteries do I need to run a 17W light?
Running (9) 17W lights 120 V AC using an inverter powered by two 105 Amp-hr deep cycle AGM batteries in parallel. Average run cycle is 10 hours. Using the inverter calculator, indicates ~14.35 Amps DC load and then running the sizing calculator suggests that I need battery capacity of 306 AH 20 hrs.
How long will a 10000mAh battery power a circuit?
With a AA battery rated at 2000mAH, it can power the circuit for 2000mAH/200mA= 10hours. Now the same circuit powered by a D cell battery rated at 10,000mAH can power the circuit for 10000mAH/200mA= 50 hours. Thus, the D cell can power the circuit for 5 times as much as time as the AA battery cell can.
What is the difference between a 40V and a 20v battery?
The higher the voltage, typically, the more cells that are in the battery pack. So when comparing a 40V pack to a 20V pack, in most cases the 40V pack will have more cells which means more power capacity available.
What size battery do I need to run my application?
If you know how much power your application takes to run, and the time you would like to run it, we’ll recommend a 12 volt battery with a safe amount of AH (Amp Hours) that will give you the runtime you need.