My basic question is: Which one does the power company bill you for?

Background: I have one of those "Kill A Watt" thingies, and I've noticed
that it tells you the number of Watts, the number of "Volt Amps" (which is generally greater than Watts) and the "Power Factor" (which is, of course, Watts divided by VA, so it will be something like 0.6). I sort of, almost, understand the difference between Watts and VAs, but what I am really
curious about is which one the power company uses to bill you. I would
expect Watts, but you know how companies are, they usually pick whatever
will maximize the bill...

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On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:05:13 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Kenny McCormack) wrote:

My basic question is: Which one does the power company bill you for?

Background: I have one of those "Kill A Watt" thingies, and I've noticed
that it tells you the number of Watts, the number of "Volt Amps" (which is >generally greater than Watts) and the "Power Factor" (which is, of course, >Watts divided by VA, so it will be something like 0.6). I sort of, almost, >understand the difference between Watts and VAs, but what I am really
curious about is which one the power company uses to bill you. I would >expect Watts, but you know how companies are, they usually pick whatever
will maximize the bill...

Watts
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In article <[email protected]>,
Boris Mohar <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:05:13 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Kenny >McCormack) wrote:

My basic question is: Which one does the power company bill you for?

Background: I have one of those "Kill A Watt" thingies, and I've noticed >>that it tells you the number of Watts, the number of "Volt Amps" (which is >>generally greater than Watts) and the "Power Factor" (which is, of course, >>Watts divided by VA, so it will be something like 0.6). I sort of, almost, >>understand the difference between Watts and VAs, but what I am really >>curious about is which one the power company uses to bill you. I would >>expect Watts, but you know how companies are, they usually pick whatever >>will maximize the bill...

Watts
(Boris)

OK, thanks.

BTW, how's Natasha doing these days?

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Quoted by Paul Ciszek (pciszek at panix dot com). But what I want to know
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Nevertheless, the above quote is dead-on, because, the thing is - business
in one breath tells us they don't need to be regulated (which is to say:
that they can morally self-regulate), then in the next breath tells us that corporations are amoral entities which have no obligations to anyone except their officers and shareholders, then in the next breath they tell us they don't need to be regulated (that they can morally self-regulate) ...

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On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 05:50:20 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Kenny McCormack) wrote:

In article <[email protected]>,
Boris Mohar <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:05:13 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Kenny >>McCormack) wrote:

My basic question is: Which one does the power company bill you for?

Background: I have one of those "Kill A Watt" thingies, and I've noticed >>>that it tells you the number of Watts, the number of "Volt Amps" (which is >>>generally greater than Watts) and the "Power Factor" (which is, of course, >>>Watts divided by VA, so it will be something like 0.6). I sort of, almost, >>>understand the difference between Watts and VAs, but what I am really >>>curious about is which one the power company uses to bill you. I would >>>expect Watts, but you know how companies are, they usually pick whatever >>>will maximize the bill...

Watts
(Boris)

OK, thanks.

BTW, how's Natasha doing these days?

Natasha Fatale is a girlfriend of Boris Nadenov. Wrong Boris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Badenov
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In article <nbj4qs$v4m$[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Kenny McCormack) wrote:

In article <[email protected]>,
Boris Mohar <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:05:13 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Kenny >McCormack) wrote:

My basic question is: Which one does the power company bill you for?

Background: I have one of those "Kill A Watt" thingies, and I've noticed >>that it tells you the number of Watts, the number of "Volt Amps" (which is >>generally greater than Watts) and the "Power Factor" (which is, of course, >>Watts divided by VA, so it will be something like 0.6). I sort of, almost, >>understand the difference between Watts and VAs, but what I am really >>curious about is which one the power company uses to bill you. I would >>expect Watts, but you know how companies are, they usually pick whatever >>will maximize the bill...

Watts
(Boris)

OK, thanks.

BTW, how's Natasha doing these days?

Last I heard, she was about to dump Boris and was probably bedding
Fearless Leader. Something about not being able to cope with Boris and
his moose & squirrel fetish was mentioned in the tabloids.

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