On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 21:21:42 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Gunner Asch fired this volley in
:

http://www.rapidtables.com/convert/e...va-to-watt.htm

Yeeessss... you didn't read another word of what I wrote, except "pretty
close".

Power factor has to do with voltage vs. current phase relationships.

With purely resistive loads, its 1.000. With most 'common' inductive
loads (motors, not loaded exactly optimally), it can be as bad as 0.6.
BUT... it depends entirely on the load's individual characteristics. And
two inductive loads of about the same power factor, and out of rotational
phase enough to present each's peak current at the OTHER's peak voltage
end up 'looking like' a 1.0 power factor. Given enough of them, randomly
chosen and non-syncronized, they collectively approach a power factor of
1.

Since "residential loads" (as you expressed in your first comment of how
many homes could be supplied by this) are a mixture of many, many purely
resistive loads and a few totally non-syncronized inductive loads...
You'd realize _about_ 250KW worth of energy from a 250KVA genset.

LLoyd

So they are pulling a quarter megawatt from a boat engine?