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From: rjk@mgweed.UUCP (Randy King)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Power Factor Correction
Message-ID: <16337@mgweed.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Apr-85 23:51:59 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  6 23:51:59 1985
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Actually, companies pay a penalty for a bad power factor.  Reddy Kilowatt
monitors it (through company meters).  In addition to banks of capacitors,
AC syncronous motors can be used to correct power factor.  When used as
blower motors or elevator motors, they can be strategically planned to
compensate for the lagging PF.
						Randy King
						AT&T-CP@MG
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