Ampere hour

An ampere-hour or amp-hour is a unit of electric charge, recommended for use in batteries and electrolytic devices. It has dimensions of electric current multiplied by time and corresponds to the charge transferred by a steady current of one ampere flowing for one hour. Thus 1 A⋅h equals 3600 A⋅s or 3.

6 kC (kilocoulombs).

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