[X4U] OT: Belkin UPS

[James Baker]

   --- Stroller
Re: I would have assumed that VA means "volts x amps";
IE: watts.

It's what I learned many years ago too -

Best Regards,

Jim

--- Stroller <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> 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).
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