Add kilowatt-hour (kWh) to energy conversion units

[asasine]

Problem Statement

There is no easy way to convert energy values to kilowatt-hours.

Evidence or User Insights

The kilowatt-hour (kWh) is a common unit of energy, used for electricity bills and battery capacity. Outside of scientific and engineering circles, it is more popular than the joule (J). Another representation similar to kWh is the watt-second (W-s).

Proposal

An additional option to the energy conversion units for kilowatt-hour and watt-second would make conversions easier to other forms of energy.

Goals

• Add kilowatt-hour (kWh) and watt-second (W-s) to the list of energy conversions.
• Determine the common way to shorten kilowatt-hour and watt-second. kWh and W-s is simply how I have represented them here however they may not be the generally-accepted format.

Non-Goals

Add all possible combinations of metric prefixes and units of time (e.g., megawatt-minute, decajoules, etc.)

Low-Fidelity Concept

1 W-s is equivalent to 1 J. 1 kWh is equivalent to 3600 kJ or 3,600,000 J or 3,600,000 W-s.

Requested Assignment

If adding conversion units is relatively simple, I can implement this.

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[asasine]

@grochocki any update on this pitch?

[asasine]

This seems like a relatively simple request. I'm confused why it's taken over a year to get a response or add this feature.

[Flippchen]

Hey, I implemented this feature but i don't know if i have to translate its display name into languages other than english.