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  2. Power factor - Wikipedia

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    For example, if the load power factor were as low as 0.7, the apparent power would be 1.4 times the real power used by the load. Line current in the circuit would also be 1.4 times the current required at 1.0 power factor, so the losses in the circuit would be doubled (since they are proportional to the square of the current).

  3. Orders of magnitude (power) - Wikipedia

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    kilo-(kW) 1–3 × 10 3 W tech: heat output of a domestic electric kettle: 1.1 × 10 3 W tech: power of a microwave oven: 1.366 × 10 3 W astro: power per square meter received from the Sun at the Earth's orbit: 1.5 × 10 3 W tech: legal limit of power output of an amateur radio station in the United States up to 2 × 10 3 W

  4. Watt - Wikipedia

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    The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −3. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer .

  5. Volt-ampere - Wikipedia

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    In direct current (DC) circuits, this product is equal to the real power, measured in watts. [3] The volt-ampere is dimensionally equivalent to the watt : in SI units , 1 V⋅A = 1 W. VA rating is most used for generators and transformers, and other power handling equipment, where loads may be reactive (inductive or capacitive).

  6. Kilowatt-hour - Wikipedia

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    A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units, which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour. Kilowatt-hours are a common billing unit for electrical energy supplied by electric utilities.

  7. Horsepower - Wikipedia

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    The company's Lexus ES 330 and Camry SE V6 (3.3 L V6) were previously rated at 225 hp (168 kW) but the ES 330 dropped to 218 hp (163 kW) while the Camry declined to 210 hp (160 kW). The first engine certified under the new program was the 7.0 L LS7 used in the 2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06.

  8. Units of energy - Wikipedia

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    The British imperial units and U.S. customary units for both energy and work include the foot-pound force (1.3558 J), the British thermal unit (BTU) which has various values in the region of 1055 J, the horsepower-hour (2.6845 MJ), and the gasoline gallon equivalent (about 120 MJ). Log-base-10 of the ratios between various measures of energy

  9. Per-unit system - Wikipedia

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    In the power systems analysis field of electrical engineering, a per-unit system is the expression of system quantities as fractions of a defined base unit quantity. . Calculations are simplified because quantities expressed as per-unit do not change when they are referred from one side of a transformer to t