Can anyone point me in the direction to find the power factor for
Sanyo HIT N 205 panels? The utility is requesting it on a net
metering interconnection application.
Ron Young
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HI All,
For plug in watts/PF meters is there a better or more accurate one
that anyone recommends?
I've tried the Kill-a-watt and seems to work and be pretty accurate,
but haven't compared it to many others.
I've been testing some CFLS vs LED and the PF is way better on the LED.
For us of
wrenches,
i have a question about my home's system. i was one of the first net metered
systems in our area, so the utility company installed a fancy dual register
meter which also displays kvar/power factor.
when selling 1 kW today the power factor was .40 and the kvar was 2.37.
this sounds ho
Hi All,
I'm looking to upgrade my meter selection.
I'm looking for a powerfactor meter and oscilloscope to better help
in diagnostics of inverter/generator issues.
I've seen a pretty inexpensive hand held oscilloscope from Velleman #
HPS10 for $135, but its not a power factor rated.
An
Power factor on DC? As far as I know, power factor / vars is an AC phenomena
where current and voltage are out of phase.
Todd
On Wednesday, July 29, 2009 5:45pm, "Ron Young"
said:
Can anyone point me in the direction to find the power factor for Sanyo HIT N
205 panels? The utility is request
Young wrote:
> From: Ron Young
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
> To: "RE-wrenches"
> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 7:45 PM
> Can anyone point me in the
> direction to find the power factor for Sanyo HIT N 205
> panels? The utility is requesting it on a
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
Can anyone point me in the direction to find the power factor for
Sanyo HIT N 205 panels? The utility is requesting it on a net
metering i
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Can anyone point me in the direction to find the power factor for
Sanyo HIT N 205 panels? The utility is requesting it on a net
metering interconnection application.
Ron Young
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>>>> This session will deal with power factor: What is power factor?
> >>>> What causes low power factor? Why improve your power factor? This
> >>>> session will explain the role of power factor correction as it
> >>>> applies to solar i
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> >>>>>> I'll contact them and see where this goes but I don't fully
> >>>>>> understand what power factor is which will make it hard to argue my
> >>>>>> case. My understandi
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> >>>>>> I'll contact them and see where this goes but I don't fully
> >>>>>> understand what power factor is which will make it hard to argue my
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> >>>>>>
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1:20 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
Ron Young wrote:
> Ok, so all seem to be in agreement more or less. How do I break it to
> British Columbia Hydro? :-|
>
> I think they must be misunderstanding what they are asking for but the
> question is in the
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 1:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
Ron Young wrote:
Ok, so all seem to be in agreement more or less. How do I break it to
British Columbia Hydro? :-|
I think they must be misunderstanding what they are asking for but
the
question is in
nches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:25 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
Possibly a PF question, or maybe one for Magnum - boB,
One of the guys at work is (almost) runnin
y 30, 2009 3:25 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
Possibly a PF question, or maybe one for Magnum - boB,
One of the guys at work is (almost) running a 3/4 hp sub pump with a Magna
AE 48. Or rather, he isn't. According to him when he first fired it up, it
operated the
to start.
boB
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[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:25 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
Possibly a PF question, or maybe one for Magnum
ights dim
when the pump tries to start.
boB
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From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:25 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor
Po
I have used the Brand power meter until someone absconded with it. I
understood that the original "Kill a watt" meter was real inaccurate. So i
have stayed away from it.
Might that have changed?
Bob
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:35 PM, jay peltz wrote:
> HI All,
>
> For plug in watts/PF meters is
. We've not done exhaustive
comparisons .. but for the price, we do find them acceptable.
Dan
--- On Wed, 8/12/09, robert ellison wrote:
From: robert ellison
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] power factor
To: "RE-wrenches"
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 8:59 AM
I have used the Br
One question about power factor:
We know it is the ratio of the real power to the apparent power, and
that most utility meters only register real power (watts). Reactive
power doesn't dissipate as heat like power loss through a resistor.
The question is: What is the quantitative effect that
Drake Chamberlin wrote:
One question about power factor:
We know it is the ratio of the real power to the apparent power, and
that most utility meters only register real power (watts). Reactive
power doesn't dissipate as heat like power loss through a resistor.
The question is: What is the
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[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of boB Gudgel
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:28 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] power factor
Drake Chamberlin wrote:
> One question about power factor:
&
-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of boB Gudgel
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:28 PM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] power factor
Drake Chamberlin wrote:
One question about power factor:
We know it is the ratio of the real power to the apparent power, and
that most utili
It'll take time.)
This is a very difficult topic to discuss and explain. Hopefully this helped.
Like Tom Cruise said at the end of "Top Gun" .. "It's complicated."
Dan
--- On Mon, 5/7/12, toddc...@finestplanet.com wrote:
From: toddc...@finestplanet.com
Sub
.
Like Tom Cruise said at the end of "Top Gun" .. "It's complicated."
Dan
--- On Mon, 5/7/12, toddc...@finestplanet.com wrote:
From: toddc...@finestplanet.com
Subject: [RE-wrenches] power factor
To: "RE-wrenches"
Date: Monday, May 7, 2012, 9:46 PM
wrenches,
i ha
toddc...@finestplanet.com"
To: RE-wrenches
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] power factor
excellent replies to yes, a complicated issue. i think i finally understand
this. thank you kent and dan!
todd
On Monday, May 7, 2012 9:02pm, "Exeltech&q
I'd suggest a differential voltage probe and a current probe with a two
channel scope. Observe both waveforms simultaneously. Phase shift
(PF), amplitude, waveshape, harmonics, etc all at one time. Most
digital scopes you can store the waveforms, download them to your
computer, or just take
Hi Jay,
Take a look at the Fluke 125 Power Scope. It's about $1500. It looks like a
pretty sweet meter. I think it will do what you're looking for.
Multi-channel DVOM + AC Power + Power Factor + More. The clamp doesn't do DC
amps, so that's a bummer.
For higher-end things like this, I'm generally
Hello Wrenches,
Commercial power customers often are penalized for low power factors.
Looking for other info I came across this article, which seems to
cover the subject from an academic standpoint.
http://tinyurl.com/ye5pzrwDoes anyone have real world data which
might shed light on the impact
rsday, January 07, 2010 5:42 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor and Grid Tied PV
We worked on dozens of commercial PV systems in Southern California Edison
(SCE), Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP), and San Diego Gas &
Electric (SDG&E) territor
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ReplyTo: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor and Grid Tied PV
Sent: Jan 6, 2010 11:49 AM
Hello Wrenches,
Commercial power customers often are penalized for low power factors.
Looking for other info I came across this article, which seems to
cover the subject from an academic
I recently spoke with an inverter manufacture and I left with the following
opinion. Normally the inverter takes the unity power factor load and leaves
the reactive load. making the power factor worse. However the power factor
could be corrected by the inverter, However this would add cost to
Darryl,
The inverter is reducing the real power used by the customer but not
the reactive power. So it does make the power factor worse when you
are looking at from the utility meter. Since most customers don't pay
for reactive power it doesn't matter to them. But some customers do
pay for
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor and Grid Tied PV
I recently spoke with an inverter manufacture and I left with the following
opinion. Normally the inverter takes the unity power factor load and leaves
the reactive load. making the power factor w
nal Message-
From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Joel
Davidson
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:42 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor and Grid Tied PV
We worked on dozens of commercial PV syste
Thanks to all who responded,
The article Marco references, is the one referenced in the tinyurl in my
original post. I did not find anything of significance in the previous
Solar Pro issues. Based on the responses it seems there is no good data out
there to answer the question posted. This
swingjun...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to all who responded,
The article Marco references, is the one referenced in the tinyurl in
my original post. I did not find anything of significance in the
previous Solar Pro issues. Based on the responses it seems there is no
good data out there to answer
Power factor less than 1.0 can shorten the life of and damage equipment and
reduce PV production. We installed a 200 kW PV system on a facility with a
lot of 3-phase motors and monitored the PV and the grid. We measured around
0.7 PF being delivered by the Los Angeles Dept of Water & Power. The
On 7/26/2011 4:42 PM, Joel Davidson wrote:
Power factor less than 1.0 can shorten the life of and damage
equipment and reduce PV production. We installed a 200 kW PV system on
a facility with a lot of 3-phase motors and monitored the PV and the
grid. We measured around 0.7 PF being delivered by
July 26, 2011 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Power Factor (was Efficient step up, down
transformers)
On 7/26/2011 4:42 PM, Joel Davidson wrote:
Power factor less than 1.0 can shorten the life of and damage equipment
and reduce PV production. We installed a 200 kW PV system on a facility
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