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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonub View Post
    1kva=1kw=1000w


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    Bros,- Generally, both are "correct" as the magnitude of the reactive component depends on how heavy your loading is inductively (motors)-lagging or capacitively -leading - typically your power factor correction device...

    Of course, technically W or Watts pertains to the power on your pure resistive load and is just a component(meaning lesser) of the overall power, expressed in VA or Volt-Ampere....
    Last edited by CVT; July 19th, 2014 at 10:27 AM.

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