Re: kVA - kW?

["Stuart Whyte" <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

For PC's you <SHOULD> really run some sort of protection in case of
surges form the genni set.  A UPS will usually do.

Also, to be 100% safe you should multipy the KVA by 0.8 to allow for
power factor correction.

Hope this helps

Stuart

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark McCall" <mark@a...> wrote:
> Excellent. Thanks Keith
>
> Now - should I get some sort of filter board to run te PCs off?
>
> Thanks
>
> M.
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Keith Doxey
>   To: ukha_d
>   Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:14 AM
>   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] kVA - kW?
>
>
>   Roughly the same. ie 3.8kW.
>
>   kW is the amount of power actually used and is what is measured
by your electricity meter.
>   kVA is the rating of Voltage(V) X Current(A) which for a
resistive load is exactly the same as kW.
>
>   AC loads are rarely purely resistive. Most AC loads are either
inductive or capacitive and can cause strange things to happen if
there are too many of one type although devices that are highly
inductive like motors often have Power Correction Capacitors (PF
Correction) installed to make them "appear" to be resistive.
>
>   In short......dont worry.
>
>   kVA = kW.......most of the time :-)
>
>   Keith
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx...]
>     Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:00
>     To: ukha_d@y...
>     Subject: [ukha_d] kVA - kW?
>
>
>     Ordered my generator - 3.8 kVA
>
>     What is kVA in kilowatts?
>
>     M.
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