20W is only equal to 20VA when the phase angles for current and voltage are the
same.  Under perfect conditions from power company and from the plugin supply
wall wart, they will be fairly close.  Under load, they are not nearly as good,
hence the proper way, VA, to tell the customer that he may not get what he
expects.

tom

On 26 Aug 2003 at 16:56, Various wrote:

>
> 20VA?? should we read 20W (wattts)?
> that would make sense in that 1.67A*12V would equal 20W
>

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