Amperes

VAR in this context, of course, stands for Volts-Amperes-Reactive.

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Laptop Battery have two main ratings on them: Volts and Amperes.

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This is found by multiplying the Volts and the Amperes together.

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But as we have seen, there are also things we can do to simply save money as well … Perhaps it is time to call the electric utilities on their deceptive practice of charging by Apparent Power; and insist that we be billed by Real Power; as their charging by the “Kilo-Watt Hour” wrongly suggests (they should be naming it “Volt-Amperes Hours” to correctly denote Apparent Power).

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It is interesting to note that Apparent Power figures should never use the “Watts” metric, and should always be stated in “Volt-Amperes” (V/A), although this is not the case with our power companies who erroneously bill us by the “Kilo-Watt Hour”: When in fact the residential and small business meters only read Apparent Power and not Real Power.

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We can easily check this for ourselves: Go outside to where your billing meter is, and look at the dial: It reads in “Volt-Amperes”.

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Amperes—or “amps”—measure the quantity of electricity analogous to the volume of water.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Amperes—or “amps”—measure the quantity of electricity analogous to the volume of water.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Amperes—or “amps”—measure the quantity of electricity analogous to the volume of water.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

Amperes—or “amps”—measure the quantity of electricity analogous to the volume of water.

HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005