ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
This fall we installed some PFC capacitors for a customer with last months billing being the first full month to see results. Average PF for the customer has been about .75.
The month of December, for the load they had, we improved it to just above .90 which is the threshold for penalty. About 90 kvar installed of the "automated 300" suggested by a manufacturer of that equipment.
One month savings amounted to just a bit over $300 and at that rate a payback of about 1 year. Granted $300 is a pretty small part of $7,000 to $20,000 each month but my thoughts and the POCOs were & :thumbsup: respectively. POCO thought savings would amount to about $5000 per year as the load goes up during warmer months.
The owner didn't seem all that impressed. What payback level is impressive?
The month of December, for the load they had, we improved it to just above .90 which is the threshold for penalty. About 90 kvar installed of the "automated 300" suggested by a manufacturer of that equipment.
One month savings amounted to just a bit over $300 and at that rate a payback of about 1 year. Granted $300 is a pretty small part of $7,000 to $20,000 each month but my thoughts and the POCOs were & :thumbsup: respectively. POCO thought savings would amount to about $5000 per year as the load goes up during warmer months.
The owner didn't seem all that impressed. What payback level is impressive?