[X4U] OT: Belkin UPS

[Stroller]

Was it answered definitively?

I would have assumed that VA means "volts x amps"; IE: watts.
But this doesn't seem to be the case with Belkin's units.

I just purchased a step-down transformer, to enable me to plug a 110v  
Japanese Nintendo into a 240v UK power socket.
It is described on the box as a "300VA transformer" and on the front  
of the PSU is marked:
   Input: 230V AC
   Max current: 1.3A
   Output: 110V AC
   Max current: 2.7A

Since (230V x 1.3A) and (110V x  2.7A) both equal near-as-damnit 300  
watts, I can only conclude that it is conventional for manufacturers  
of such items to quote the wattage of their supplies in "VA". Belkin  
would appear to be using a somewhat misleading convention, if this is  
the case.

Stroller.


On 10 Jul 2006, at 15:34, Lee Morgan wrote:
>
> Oops.  Should have read further before I asked this question.  I  
> see that it
> was answered 6 or 7 posts later.  Thanks and sorry for the  
> unnecessary post.
>
>
> On 7/10/06 10:32 AM, "Lee Morgan" <lmorgan at nceyebank.org> wrote:
>
>> Just what the @#$%()* does "VA" mean in this context, and how does it
>> correlate to watts?  We just had to add a couple of UPS's for our  
>> servers,
>> and I could not get the vendor of one server to give me an idea of  
>> what
>> capacity UPS we needed.
>>>
>>>> Dunno. The 750VA is just 400 watts, the 550VA is 330 watts, the  
>>>> 1100 is just
>>>> 660 watts, so the number in the name is not necessarily the  
>>>> capacity. The
>>>> 750VA is "geared toward entry level computers" according to  
>>>> Belkin's website
>>>> (I imagine the 750VA is an upgrade of your year-old 720VA).