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Old 30th November 2004 | 09:15
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VR-HDB
 
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I'm far from being an expert on electricity - in fact, I'm just a pilot...


But this is the way I understood it:

Watts=(Volt x Amps) x power factor


REAL Power: Watts
APPARANT Power: VA

A three-phase generator has a "Power factor" (cos phi) of 0.8 - so as "catchup" said the (k)VA is always higher.

Hopefully someone can explain it better!
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