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Default What is power factor, anyhow?

George wrote:
On 12/31/2009 17:24, Mike Granby wrote:
On Dec 31, 11:50 am, 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...


One of the reasons everyone is so confused is trying to develop a
trivial explanation for something complicated.


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