Kill-a-Watt surprises
Phil Hobbs wrote:
Yes, of course. But a VA-hour is a meaningless unit unless you know the
power factor--real power costs money and fuel, whereas (apart from
transmission losses) reactive power just sloshes back and forth cycle by
This one is a keeper -----------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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cycle. That's why multiplying it by any period of time longer than a
cycle is meaningless.
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