[geeks] UPSs

Joshua D Boyd jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Tue May 7 22:49:55 CDT 2002


On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 10:34:02PM -0500, Steven Hill wrote:
> Power (Watts) = Volt Amps only for simple resistive circuits.
> 
> There is something to do with power factors and stuff, but I was
> asleep, or in the bar for those EE lectures, sorry guys!

Ahh yes.  I think Watts==VA for non simple resistive circuits, but it 
all gets screwy when talking about AC.  Darn it, and I have an exam
on this stuff Friday.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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