Well, sure, if you're talking about AC watts. . . DC is a lot easier to remember and work with. <g>
[Cosine of phi indeed. . . mumble, mumble. . . mutter.] If ya have enough amps, and get the angle just right, you'll make Frank's ears wiggle! keith Frits Wüthrich wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 00:13, frank theriault wrote: > > But, really, a watt isn't a watt. We all know that a measures power, which > > is voltage (volts) times current (amps). > Actually that would get you VA, not W. To get it in Watts you need to > multiply the voltage times the current times the cosinus phi. phi being > the angle between the current and the voltage. > -- > Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
