Can someone explain Volts, Amps and Watt's like I'm five?

[Sintezza]

There you go.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm's_law

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power

[Juanse]

Could you have 10 amps, 100 volts and 20 amps, 50 volts powering the same thing? I ask this because once I said that my charger was slow because it was only 5 volts not 10, and someone said that's no why it's because it's only .5 amps not 1 and I didn't really think much of it at the time

No, it would probably blow up or break, it would use the same amount of power, but some stuff is not prepared to receive that amount volts or amps,normal chargers USB's use 5V-850mA(0.85A), others, charge  faster using more amps, but are said to damage the battery's lifespan, for example, the 12W Powerbrick that generally comes with the ipads, use 5V-2.4A.

I actually correct myself, W=V*A(watts equals volts time the amps)

[juretrn]

No, it would probably blow up or break, it would use the same amount of power, but some stuff is not prepared to receive that amount volts or amps,normal chargers USB's use 5V-850mA(0.85A), others, charge  faster using more amps, but are said to damage the battery's lifespan, for example, the 12W Powerbrick that generally comes with the ipads, use 5V-2.4A.

I actually correct myself, W=V*A(watts equals volts time the amps)

Technically, you could use a power supply that can work with multiple voltages

[sgtcool]

Ah shit i had to learn that shit last year, guess i forgot it

 

ah i know it, but translating to english from slovene is kinda hard for me

[othertomperson]

Electricity is the movement of charges (ie electrons) around a circuit. Current (amps) is a measure of how many electrons are moving around the circuit every second. Volts are a measure of how much energy each electron has. Power (watts) is the combination of both of these -- it is the energy transferred every second.