[geeks] UPSs

[Brian Hechinger]

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:13:57PM -0400, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> BTW, VA as in Volts times Amps is the same as Joules per Coulomb times 
> Coulombs per Second, so the Coulombs cancel leaving Joules per Second.
> So, VA has a time vector.  It is a measure of power per second.  Usually
> Volts time Amps is just Watts though.  Not sure why they don't just advertise
> that way.

i'm hardly an electrical guy, but i thought VA was Watts with no time vector.

-brian
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