Re: Variac rating

["Jeroen Kooiman" <jkooi-at-wish-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Real easy:

P=U*I

P in VA or W (watt)
U is the voltage
I= the Amperage.

so, for 500VA
I=P/U
I=500/110=4.5A


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Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: Variac rating


> Original poster: "tesla" <tesla-at-cyberverse-dot-com>
>
> I am looking at buying a variac on ebay, but all the buyer knows about
it's
> amp rating is that it is 500 VA. I'm a little fuzzy on how to convert this
> to amps. Any help?
>
> Gene lambert
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