In ,
Mike Granby typed:
On Dec 31, 11:50 am, George wrote:

The power companies install capacitors to introduce
capacitive reactance to bring the PF closer to unity in
the upstream transmission lines.

Way to take a simple explanation and make it complicated, George...

Umm, haven't you ever noticed the large banks of capacitors housed outside
many industrial buildings? THOSE are the ones that are correcting for the PF
in that building. The power company does not correct for unknown power
factors and couldn't if it wanted to. I think you're misunderstanding the
purpose of whatever it is you're seeing that you think are cap banks.

Twayne


--
--
Cats land on their feet.
but Toast lands PB side down;
A cat glued to some jelly toast will
hover in quantum indecision forever.