Power Factor for AC Pumps

[Delphinus]

I'm late to this party, holy moly my head is swimming after reading it from beginning to end. Anyhow, I always thought your billing was based, more or less, on the "loss of potential". I haven't seen that term thrown about in here so now it's in there.

And electrons. I'm pretty sure electricity has something to do with electrons.

And Shaw has little robots that live in your house's wires.

Word.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

And electrons. I'm pretty sure electricity has something to do with electrons.

Ummm...electrons? wat's that? can you post a picture? doesn't sound like reef safe to me

[reefermadness]

Residence are only charged for REAL power, not APPARENT power (power factor).

Real power is measured in watts and apparent power is measured in VA (volt-amps).

You will notice on your bill you are being charged a measurement of watts which is real power.

[wmcinnes]

Can we just make this thread die? I don't wanna debate over this anymore!

[beefORchicken]

if you are worried about PF, capacitors can be used to cancel out the inductive load and bring PF back to ~1, probably more trouble than its worth though...

[sphelps]

It's not a debate anymore, it's already been established and some people in the know have posted and confirmed. We don't pay for apparent power and power factors make virtually no difference when it comes to you power bill with the exception of some minor cable inefficiency losses. If you think otherwise you're wrong so consider yourself educated

[wmcinnes]

ive agreed with you the whole time Steve!