Re: The Tabletop Tesla Coil Showdown - OFFICIAL RULES and WEBSITE

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 10/4/02 10:37:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
> I'm leery of attempting to accurately gauge entries for true Watts.  I
> assume the formula deals in true watts, not VA, right?  



Gary,

Yes, I did write the formula for true Watts originally.  
Folks often quote it as VA though.  VA could be used
for the competition since it would simply hurt one's
results if they had a poor PF.  One still wonders what
quality of voltmeter or ammeter may wind up being used 
in some instances.

John