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Three-phase power

Inputs

User-entered RMS line-to-line voltage; voltage drop, supply quality, and system configuration are not derived.
User-entered RMS line current; load balance, conductor sizing, and protection are not derived.
User-entered scalar power factor from zero through one; harmonics and power-quality effects are not modeled.

Results

Literal three-phase apparent power

24.942

kVA
Literal three-phase real power

21.2

Declared line-to-line voltage

480

Declared line current

30

S = √3·VLL·I; P = S·PF

A first-pass number, not a code check, certification, or approval. Read the method and its limits below. What this is and is not.

Nearby: Ohm's law

Method

Formula, when it applies, and when it does not

Apply line-to-line voltage, line current, and power factor to three-phase apparent and real power arithmetic without electrical-system design decisions.

S = √3·VLL·I; P = S·PF

When

  • Balanced three-phase scalar relation
  • Declared line current and power factor
  • No harmonic or phase-balance model

Don’t

  • This applies only the balanced scalar three-phase relation to user-declared line voltage, line current, and power factor. It does not determine phase balance, harmonics, conductor or breaker size, protection, voltage drop, grounding, available fault current, power-quality compliance, capacity, safety, suitability, or approval.
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