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@jivv-URNIdF • Oct 16, 2010
Hi pk-pk,
If I undestand correctly the Variac is applying a l-l voltage to the delta side and the voltmeter portion of the wattmeter is between line and neutral of the variac. If you have a balanced system, that means that you are reading just the phase voltage (remember in phasors Vac=Va-Vc). The rms Va value is measured compared to a 0 volt reference (in this case the variac neutral), so what you get out of it is Va*Ia which is the power per phase.
I hope that helps
Cheers