Re: Electric Question on utility meter
"You are charged by the amperage you use, I don't care if they call it kilowatts. Why? Because Ohms law says they're all interrelated. One amp is what it takes to push one volt through one ohm of resistance. It's a 1 to 1 to 1 relationship."
I work for a utility. It is a one to one relationship when you deal with real power as seen in the P=VI where P is power, V is volts and I is current. The utility charges you for power used over time. If you use 1 amp at 120v for one hour or .5 amps at 240 volts for one hour, you get charged for 120 watthours (actually .120 kilowatt/hours) of power. In the real world (AC power world) with losses, reactive power, and impedance rather than resistance, the relationships starts to get less straightforward, but you still get charged for kilowatt/hours used.
"You are charged by the amperage you use, I don't care if they call it kilowatts. Why? Because Ohms law says they're all interrelated. One amp is what it takes to push one volt through one ohm of resistance. It's a 1 to 1 to 1 relationship."
I work for a utility. It is a one to one relationship when you deal with real power as seen in the P=VI where P is power, V is volts and I is current. The utility charges you for power used over time. If you use 1 amp at 120v for one hour or .5 amps at 240 volts for one hour, you get charged for 120 watthours (actually .120 kilowatt/hours) of power. In the real world (AC power world) with losses, reactive power, and impedance rather than resistance, the relationships starts to get less straightforward, but you still get charged for kilowatt/hours used.
with a wiring change of course. Why, because it pulls less amps and balances the load across the 2 phases.