Re: how to caculate wattage of a nst

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>


>how do you figure out the wattage of a nst?

         Perhaps the first question is: why?
         For what purpose?

>Do you just multiply the volts by the amps?

         This gives something called the Voltamps,
         at best distantly related to wattage' as such.

>for some reason this sounded wrong.

         It can be 'misleading', due to power factor of inductive
         loads, etc...

         Inductive loads, which transformers may be, can draw
         current out of phase with the voltage, the measure
         of this called 'power factor' which is a whole long
         subject...

         best
         dwp

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