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NARAYAN SHARMA
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POWER FACTOR

01/18/2011 8:49 PM

WHY THE PF IS NOT CONSTANT IN NONUNIFORM INDUCTIVE LOAD?
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01/18/2011 9:40 PM

1. Please turn off Caps Lock. It is considered impolite on any forum, especially here.

2. Do not post duplicate threads, please write to Admin to delete the other one, thanks.

3. Power factor = Cos φ = R/Z = R/√(R2+XL2). So, since L is variable, so is XL and therefore Cos φ also varies.

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01/19/2011 3:10 AM

Because it's non-uniform and therefore variable

STOP SHOUTING you'll wake Stinky Pete up

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01/19/2011 12:34 PM

"STOP SHOUTING you'll wake Stinky Pete up"

And we don't want that...

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01/20/2011 11:25 AM

power factor is inversly propotional to the inductive load . hence variation in inductive load affects the power factor

ponnusamy , thanjavur , tamilnadu , india . e mail ponnusamyaee@yahoo.com
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