Power consumption and energy usage of Microwave oven

A microwave oven is used to cook or heat food and can be found in almost every kitchen. It passes electromagnetic waves through the food at a microwave frequency range.…

Power consumption & energy usage of dishwashers

A dishwasher is a piece of equipment used to clean dishware and cutlery automatically. The dishwasher was first introduced by Joel Houghton in the United States in 1850. It was…

Power consumption & Energy usage of Clothes Dryer

Clothes dryers are used to remove moisture from clothes. Usually, they are used after washing clothes in a washing machine. The moisture is removed from clothes by spinning and circulating…

Top 5 differences between kW and kVA

kW and kVA are units of power. kW stands for kilo-watts and kVA stands for kilo-volts ampere. Let's see what is the difference between kW and kVA and how to…

Amps to kVA | Amperes to kVA converter

Transformers, alternators, UPS and power supplies are rated in kVA. kVA stands for kilo-Volt-amperes. As the name indicates, it is one kVA is equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Here is an…

kVA to Amps | kVA to Amperes converter

Kilo-volt-amperes (kVA) and ampere are the units of two different parameters of electricity. While the former quantifies the amount of apparent power that can be supplied by the power source,…

What is kVA?

kVA stands for kilo volt-amperes. It is basically the unit of apparent power and is the product of RMS values of voltage and current. One kVA is 1000 volt -…

Transformer kVA calculator – Based on load

Whenever the available AC source voltage differs from the load voltage, we use transformers to increase or decrease the voltage levels. The calculation of kVA rating is crucial while sizing…

Transformer noise (Humming sound of transformers)

Noise is an unpleasant, unwanted and annoying sound. Transformer noise, quite commonly known as the ‘humming sound or buzzing sound’ of transformer, is one of the major problems with large…

Open circuit test & Short circuit test in transformers

Open circuit test and short circuit test are conducted to determine the core loss, copper loss, and equivalent circuit parameters of a transformer. In this article, in addition to the…