Re: [time-nuts] Thanks: Watts vs VA

2012-08-19 Thread David Kirkby
On 19 August 2012 21:36, Tom Knox wrote: > I would have assumed the opposite since watts is based on RMS. > Thanks; > Thomas Knox Power measured in Watts RMS is a useless unit. Sure you can mathematically calculate the RMS value of power, but it does not have any physical meaning, like the mean

[time-nuts] Thanks: Watts vs VA

2012-08-19 Thread Tom Knox
Hi; Thanks for the responses. I did not mean to steer the thread off course. I understand all the theroy, I just didn't understand that VA automatically included PFC or crest factor where watts did not. I would have assumed the opposite since watts is based on RMS. Thanks; Thomas Knox > From: