Power Factor: Real, Reactive & Apparent Power
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In this lesson
You split the power of five workshop machines into apparent, real and reactive power, find the overall power factor and size the reactive power a capacitor bank would need to supply.
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Lessons in this course
- Ohm's Law & Power: V, I, R and P Locked
- Series & Parallel Resistors and the Voltage Divider Locked
- Kirchhoff's Laws: A Two-Loop Circuit with Cramer's Rule Locked
- AC Basics: Peak, RMS, Frequency & a Sine Table Locked
- Reactance & Impedance of RC and RL Circuits Locked
- Power Factor: Real, Reactive & Apparent Power Locked
- Energy Consumption & the Monthly Electricity Bill Locked
- Cable Voltage Drop & a Cross-Section Check Locked