POWER FACTOR
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Re: POWER FACTOR
Please turn off the ALL CAPS feature. It makes the post more difficult to read. It is also considered impolite, as though you were SHOUTING at us.
Please turn off the ALL CAPS feature. It makes the post more difficult to read. It is also considered impolite, as though you were SHOUTING at us.
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Re: POWER FACTOR
If you install power factor correction capacitors near a motor, it will reduce the power factor as seen from the source, but not the power factor of the motor itself. This will have the effect of reducing the current flowing from the source to the motor. This in turn will reduce the amount of voltage that is dropped along the feeder or branch circuit, thus increasing the voltage available at the motor. That is the one and only way in which power factor correction can result in an improvement in motor performance.
If you install power factor correction capacitors near a motor, it will reduce the power factor as seen from the source, but not the power factor of the motor itself. This will have the effect of reducing the current flowing from the source to the motor. This in turn will reduce the amount of voltage that is dropped along the feeder or branch circuit, thus increasing the voltage available at the motor. That is the one and only way in which power factor correction can result in an improvement in motor performance.
bdarnell
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Re: POWER FACTOR
Most of the power factor correction vendors (ABB, Commonwealth Sprague, etc.) will assist you in specifying PF correction capacitors.Originally posted by cb1951:
I need to know if you have advise on how to do what you said? thanks
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