CONVERTING
AMPERES TO kVA
The load on an electrical installation, or the load of an item of
(kilovoltamperes).
Single-Phase Loads
3
eg. supposing the designer of a single-phase 230 V electrical
installation has assessed the maximum demand to be 65 A, the
Where:
As an example of the use of equation (3), suppose that a threeeg. supposing an item equipment of rated voltage 230 V has a
43
NICEIC CONNECTIONS
TECHNICAL
120 A
L1
L1
120 A
U = 400 V
L2
U 0 = 230 V 120 A
Installation
L3
Three-phase,
three-wire
equipment
L2
Nameplate
rating = 70 kVA
L3
L4
Calculated load = 82.8 kVA
Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.
sn00963
sn00964
Expressing loads in kW
Electricity distributors sometimes request values of load
(maximum demand) for domestic installations to be expressed in
kW, rather than kVA. This is reasonable, as the load in a typical
dwelling will not be significantly inductive or capacitive and will
NICEIC CONNECTIONS
44