OFFICIAL ELECTRICAL FORMULAE SHEET

DC Circuits: V = IR P = IV

Actual Value − Specified Value

AC Circuits: % Accuracy = × 100%
Specified Value

For a sine wave, Vpeak = 2 Vrms VL − L = 3 × VL − N

1 2
V = IZ XL = 2πfL XC = Z= R 2 + ( X L − X C ) 2 P = VIcosΘ = I R
2πfC

cos Θ = R
= Power Factor =
watts
=
KW
Z volt amperes KVA

Three-Phase Circuits: VA = 3 VI KW = KVA × Power Factor

Balanced Delta: Line Current = 1.732 Phase Current

Line Voltage = Phase Voltage

Balanced Wye: Line Current = Phase Current

Line Voltage = 1.732 Phase Voltage
33,000 × 𝐻𝐻
Miscellaneous: 1 𝐻𝐻 = 746 𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤𝑤 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 =
6.28 × 𝑟𝑟𝑟

𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿ℎ 𝑜𝑜 𝑅𝑅𝑅
𝑅1000𝑓𝑓 = 𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀𝑀 𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅 ×
1000
𝑘𝑘 2 × 1000
Capacitance: 𝐶 = 𝑉𝑉𝑉 ⁄2𝜋𝜋𝜋 2 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 =
𝑋𝑐

Capacitor VAR conversion: kVAR1 = kVAR2 × (kV1/kV2)2

1
Resonance: 𝑓 = � �
2𝜋√𝐿𝐿

𝑃 × 𝑛𝑠�
Frequency: 𝑓 = 120

For Watthour Meters: Watthour Constant kh, equals the number of watthours of
energy represented by one revolution of the meter disk. When the meter is used
with instrument transformers, the Primary Watthour Constant represents the energy
measured in the primary circuit.

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