Power Factor for AC Pumps

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by sphelps

That's really not what my quote said by the way, but at this point we'll have to agree to disagree until we get conformation either way.

I am convinced that utilities charge households just for amount consumed so you are getting charged for 82W. Maybe that's why household businesses are becoming popular now a days?

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by wmcinnes

If the current and voltage are in phase, the motor speed is the product of voltage and current (PF=1). If they are not in phase the motor in the meter will run fast for part of a cycle and slower for the other part with the average speed being the product of the in-phase voltage and current. Thus measuring real power.

Yes. So how would the meter know which device has what amount of PF? It must do an equivalent resistance scenario for all the loads in the house with one common PF for the whole house and thus multiplying the voltage * current going into house * common PF. The meters can't judge individual PF of the devices.