"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
. ..
: Pop writes:
:
: Doesn't that mean,
: in reality, that, unless the PF is corrected, that the
customer
: is the one with the advantage? As in, "free" power?
:
: No, it is just wasted in the transmission lines and/or in
reduced plant
: generating capacity. The point of the reactive meter is to get
the culprit
: customer to pay for it.
:
: A purely reactive load would be consuming all kinds of current
down the
: line, and be loading the utility power plant, but show zero
watts on a real
: power meter.

That's what I thought; just checking myself. Thanks.