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We examine here the discrepancy between the radiated power, calculated fromthe Poynting flux at infinity, and the power loss due to radiation reaction foran accelerated charge. It is emphasized that one needs to maintain a cleardistinction between the electromagnetic power received by distant observers andthe mechanical power loss undergone by the charge. In literature bothquantities are treated as almost synonymous, the two in general could, however,be quite different. It is shown that in the case of a periodic motion, the twoformulations do yield the power loss in a time averaged sense to be the same,even though, the instantaneous rates are quite different. It is demonstratedthat the discordance between the two power formulas merely reflects thedifference in the power going in self-fields of the charge between the retardedand present times. In particular, in the case of a uniformly acceleratedcharge, power going into the self-fields at the present time is equal to thepower that was going into the self-fields at the retarded time plus the powergoing in acceleration fields, usually called radiation. From a comparison ofthe far fields with the instantaneous location of the uniformly acceleratedcharge, it is shown that all its fields, including the acceleration fields,remain around the charge and are not {\em radiated away} from it.

Discrepancy between power radiated and the power loss due to radiation reaction for an accelerated charge