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Amperage and Power Conversion Formulas

This document provides formulas and terms related to electrical engineering. It includes formulas for calculating amps, horsepower, kilowatts, and kVA for both alternating and direct current under different phase configurations. It also defines common electrical terms like ampere, volt, ohm, megohm, watt, kilowatt, power factor, and watthour. Conversion factors are listed to convert between units like inches, pounds, and degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

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Amperage and Power Conversion Formulas

This document provides formulas and terms related to electrical engineering. It includes formulas for calculating amps, horsepower, kilowatts, and kVA for both alternating and direct current under different phase configurations. It also defines common electrical terms like ampere, volt, ohm, megohm, watt, kilowatt, power factor, and watthour. Conversion factors are listed to convert between units like inches, pounds, and degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

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Engineering Data

Electrical Tables and Formulas

Formulas for determining amperes, hp, kw and kva


Amps, hp, kw and kva

ALTERNATING CURRENT
TO FIND

DIRECT CURRENT

Amperes when
horsepower is known
Amperes when
kilowatts is known

2 4 WIRE+

hp x 746
E x % eff

hp x 746
E x % eff x p-f

hp x 746
2 x E x % eff x p-f

hp x 746
1.73 x E x % eff x p-f

kw x 1000
E

kw x 1000
E x p-f

kw x 1000
2 x E x p-f

kw x 1000
1.73 x E x p-f

kva x 1000
E

kva x 100
2xE

kva x 1000
1.73 x E

I x E x p-f
1000

I x E x 2 x p-f
1000

I x E x 1.73 x p-f
1000

1xE
1000

IxEx2
1000

I x E x 1.73
1000

I x E x % eff x p-f
746

I x E x 2 x % eff x p-f
746

I x E x 1.73 x % eff x p-f


746

Amperes when
kva is known
kilowatts

IxE
1000

kva
horsepower (output)

I x E x % eff
746

*For 3W, 2 circuits the current in the common conductor is 1.41 times that in either of the two other conductors.

How to compute power factor


Determining watts:

Common electrical terms

watts
p-f = volts x amperes

Ampere

1. From watthour meter:


watts = rpm of disc x 60 x kh
Where kh is meter constant printed on face or nameplate of meter. If metering
transformers are used the above formula must be multiplied by the transformer
ratios.

Volt

(E) = Unit of electromotive force

OHM

(R) = Unit of resistance


E
ohms law: I = (d-c or 100% p-f)
R

Megohm
2. Directly from watthour meter,
where:
volts = line-to-line voltage as measured by voltmeter
amps = current measured in line wire (not neutral) by ammeter

Volt amperes

watt

Engineering Data

(kva) = 1000 volt-amperes


(w) = unit of true power
= va x p-f

F = 59 C + 32

= .00134 hp

Conversion Factors

C
F

-15
5

-10
14

-5
23

0
32

5
41

10
50

15
59

20
68

C
F

25
77

30
86

35
95

40
104

45
113

50
122

55
131

60
140

C
F

65
149

70
158

75
167

80
176

85
185

90
194

95
203

100
212

kilowatt

(kw) = 1000 watts

power factor

(p-f) = ratio of true to apparent power


= w kw
va kva

watthour

= 2.54 centimeters
= 2.20 lbs.
= 1,273,200 circular mills
= .785 square mill
= 778 ft. lbs.
= 252 calories
= 8,760 hours

(whr) = unit of electrical work


= one watt for one hour
= 3.413 BTU
= 2,655 ft lbs.

kilowatthour
horsepower

1 year

(va) = unit of apparent power


= E x I x 1.73 (3)

Conversion factors

1 inch
1 kilogram
1 square inch
1 circular mill
1 btu

= 1,000,000 ohms
= EI (single phase)

kilovolt amperes

C = 59 x (F - 32)

(I) = Unit of current or rate of flow of electricity

(kwhr) = 1000 watthours


(hp) = measure of time rate of doing work
= equivalent of raising 33,000 lbs. one ft. in one minute
= 746 watts

demand factor

= ratio of maximum demand to the total connected load

diversity factor

= ratio of the sum of individual maximum demands of


the various subdivisions of a system to the maximum

12

demand of the whole system.


load factor

= ratio of the average load over a designated period of


time to the peak load occurring in that period

190

Data subject to change without notice.

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