Re: Watt meters

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
 >
 > I found a Weston analog Watt meter (0-2 & 0-4kW) at a ham fest some time
 > ago and have yet to try it.  There are a pair of terminals for load
 > voltage and another pair for load current sensing.  My question is -
 > will this read true watts with a reactive (i.e. Tesla coil) load?
 >
 > Thanks, Gary Lau
 > MA, USA

	Yes it will, theoretically independent of load waveform and frequency.
A valuable find.  I got one at a hamfest too but it's only 200 W max so
good only for very low power coils.

Ed