What's the confusion? You're paying for watts....you don't pay for
VA..that's a unit used for complex power, part if which includes
reactive power, which is not converted to useful work. Real power is,
which is measured in watts.
On 8/1/2011 5:29 AM, Bino Gopal wrote:
Lol that's exactly one of the links I found (among about the 20 or so I've been
perusing all day), but it still isn't clear to me from any of them whether I'm
paying for VA or watts...anyone know for sure or does it depend on your
particular power company and the kind of meters they use maybe...?
> Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:12:50 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] PFC (power factor corrected) PS for PCs?
"Capacitor Input supplies have the characteristic that the Watt rating is in
the range of .55 to .75 times the VA rating (power factor of 0.55 to 0.75)."
http://www.power-solutions.com/watts-va.php
On Jul 31, 2011 11:50 PM, "Bino Gopal"<[email protected]> wrote:
