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Glossary of Terms
W
True
Watt
PF Power
Factor
V
True RMS Voltage
A
True RMS Ampere
Phase angle
Time difference between V and A calculated by
cos-1 (Power Factor)
VA
Apparent Power (V * A)
VAR
Reactive Power (SQRT [VA
2
– W
2
])
IR
Equivalent current (through equivalent resistance)
Req
Equivalent
resistance
IL
Equivalent current (through equivalent inductance)
XL
Equivalent
impedance
of equivalent inductance
Leq
Equivalent
inductance
CAP
Required
capacitance
CR Carriage
Return
LF
Line
Feed
EPS
Datalogger Memory Self-test
EPE
Erasing Datalogger Memory
W3
φ
True Power (3
φ
3W)
WRS
Power of R phase with respect to S phase
WTS
Power of R phase with respect to S phase
VA3
φ
Apparent
Power
(3
φ
3W and Balanced Load)
VAR3
φ
Reactive Power (3
φ
3W and Balanced Load)
PF3
φ
Power Factor (3
φ
3W and Balanced Load)
Mean
Mean
Value
Std Dev
Standard Deviation
Best Fit
A line drawn to fit a curve with minimum error
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