Volt amperes are a unit used to describe the electrical load in engineering. Volt amperes can be abbreviated VA. You can also use metric prefixes such as “kilo-” and “mega-.” It takes 1,000 volt amperes to equal one kilo-volt ampere and 1,000,000 volt amperes to equal one mega-volt ampere. Therefore, it takes 1,000 kilo-volt amperes to get one mega-volt ampere.
Step 1
Divide the number of kVA by 1,000 to convert to MVA. For example, if you have 438 kVA, divide 438 by 1,000 to get 0.438 MVA.
Step 2
Multiply the number of kVA by 0.001 to convert to MVA. In this example, multiply 438 by 0.001 to get 0.438 MVA.
Step 3
Check your answer on a calculator by entering the amount of kVA, pushing the division sign, entering “1,000” and pushing the equals sign.
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