My question is this: Are new energy star compliant appliances power factor corrected? In other words: To get the energy star compliance sticker, are they required to put enough capacitance in their product to correct the phase angle to 0?
If they are already required to do this for compliance, isn't this going to be a self-correcting situation as time goes on. (Excuse the pun) Scott Scott Zimmerman Amateur Radio Call N3XCC 474 Barnett Rd Boswell, PA 15531 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Bailey " <n....@live.com> To: "Chuck Kelsey " <wb2...@roadrunner.com>; <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT Power Factor > Chuck is right. Typically power factor correction is an industrial issue > (not residential). Perhaps the utilities are implementing power factor > correction penalties to resi customers in other parts of the country, but > not in my neck of the woods. I've put many PFC proposals together for > industrial facilities, as I'm an outside salesman for an electrical > distributor. > > Nathan N5REL > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Kelsey <wb2...@roadrunner.com> > > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:53:08 > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT Power Factor > > > Your question was already answered. No savings UNLESS the customer is > being > billed for reactive demand (KVAR). > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Kupferschmidt" <d...@httpd.org <mailto:don%40httpd.org> > > To: <Repeater-Builder@ <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:44 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT Power Factor > > > Hello group, > > > > I need to chime in here and ask about a device that being sold as an > > enhancement for saving electrical energy in a residence. > > > > The device is called Power-Save 1200 and you can see it at > > www.power-save.com. From what I can glean from the web site it's a power > > factor correction device that attaches to the load center wiring > > panel.via > > 3 > > wires; 2 are attached to a dedicated 20 amp 2 pole 220 volt circuit > > breaker, > > the other remaining wire is attached to ground. The instructions go on > > to > > say that this device is designed to condition all power consumed by > > inductive loads (electric motors) in the home regardless of installation > > location. > > > >SNIP< > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.20/1943 - Release Date: 02/10/09 07:20:00 ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:repeater-builder-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:repeater-builder-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: repeater-builder-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
