Re: ...another newbie question

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

"VA" is voltage multiplied buy current.  Literally "volt amps".  The 
VA rating is often used in high power equipment when they don't care 
about power factors or  any subtle power issues.  They just want to 
know just what the biggest voltage X current is to be sure that the 
transformer or what ever will be "big enough" no matter what.  VA 
also sometimes comes up in AC power equations where voltage is 
multiplied by current without regard to phase.

One could also think of it is the maximum possible power.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 06:28 PM 11/27/2005, you wrote:
> What is the VA?