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KVAR
(kilo-Volt-Amperes Reactive) is the product of the voltage and the amperage required to excite inductive circuits. It is associated with the reactive power which flows between paralleled generator windings and between generators and load windings that supply the magnetising currents necessary in the operation of transformers, motors and other electromagnetic loads.
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