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From: sdp@omssw1.UUCP (Scott Peterson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Domestic KiloWatt Hour Meters
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Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 14:20:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 20 14:20:47 1987
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Organization: Intel. Hillsboro, Oregon
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A while back, someone told me you could make watt-hour meters run
slow, or even backwards by messing with the power factor angle.
I think it involved putting a huge inductive load on the line.
This came up when someone was explaining why large industrial motors
have large capacitors in parallel with them.


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Scott Peterson, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, ...!tektronix!ogcvax!omssw1!sdp