Jed Rothwell wrote: > [I sent this earlier but it did not appear to come through. It is > unimportant, but I am curious to see whether there is a problem with Vortex.] > > Terry wrote: > >> Thank you. I appreciate hearing the voice of sanity. The NFPA has >> insisted that KVA be used in calculating the conductor size for the >> NEC in lieu of KW. > > Now that's a challenging set of acronyms! It took me several Google > lookups to figure out this has nothing to do with National Federation > of Paralegal Associations or the National Fluid Power Association, > or, ummm . . . NEC Corp. or the New England Conservatory of Music. I think: > > NFPA = National Fire Protection Association, and the standards issued by ANSI. > > KVA = kilovolt amps (apparent AC power) > > NEC = National Electric Code > > KW = kilowatt (easy) > > >> Absolute insanity. > > Or AI for short. > > - Jed > >
Oh...I thought KW meant Kate Winslet. :-/ Harry
