AVR that says 1500 watts and 1500 VA?

[Trez_YTR]

I just bought an AVR, a Panther pvr-1500. On the website it says this avr is 1500 watts, on the manual it says it's 1500 va.

From what I understand 1500 va does not necessarily mean 1500 watts. in this case, does that mean that 1500 va is equal to 1500 watts? Cuz I know there's still a conversion from VA to Watts etc.

 

[Cons29]

yeah, they are different unless they have a pf = 1 (if my memory serves me right)
so, if i were you, i'd treat it as VA and not as W. it is safer to assume it that way.

 

[Trez_YTR]

yeah, they are different unless they have a pf = 1 (if my memory serves me right)
so, if i were you, i'd treat it as VA and not as W. it is safer to assume it that way.

But the manual said it's 1500 va while the website said it's 1500w. So I'm assuming PF = 1 then?

 

[Cons29]

i have not seen one that has a PF = 1 (i think it's ideal or something), but hey, i can be wrong.
my idea is, if you think of it as VA, then it is safer than assuming it is Watts, right?