On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:53:57 -0700 (PDT), cadman
wrote:


Power factor correction is not an issue for residential consumer.

This is seriously untrue these days with EMC.

Any device drawing current must do it in a steady way.
You cant use simple diodes and capacitors as this only takes current
at the peaks of the waveform.

This means you need either a SMPS or some front end filtering to
ensure the current flow is steady.



WTF? Oh, I get it, it is April 1! Ok...