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    1. What is watts, volts and amps?

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      I never really understood, and any definition I read, I just forget after a while. can someone explain in a way that I won't forget. the water analogy doesn't help as I get confused between them....

      I never really understood, and any definition I read, I just forget after a while. can someone explain in a way that I won't forget.

      the water analogy doesn't help as I get confused between them. also, Watt is the most confusing for me shouldn't it with some unit of time ? like I could say how much water is flowing per second but just saying how much water is flowing without the time wouldn't be very useful, it could be seconds, minutes, hours. yet, the Watt is never written with respect to time, why is that?

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    20. Why am I getting shocked in a very specific way when petting my cat?

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      It's a dry, windy day. I had my left hand stationary on my cat's back and was petting him with my right hand. I noticed when I removed my right hand from contact with his fur, I got tiny shocks in...

      It's a dry, windy day. I had my left hand stationary on my cat's back and was petting him with my right hand. I noticed when I removed my right hand from contact with his fur, I got tiny shocks in the middle finger of my left hand, but only when removing my right hand and only in my left middle finger. (He didn't seem to notice any shocks.)

      Why is this very specific type of electric shock occurring?

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