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oil pan 4 · 04-10-14, 03:34 PM

Looking at a newstyle digital power meter there appears to be 2 power consumption measurements.
One reading appears to be tracking high power factor consumption when VAs are 20% higher than watts and the other reading appears to be billing just regular wattage.

I am sure power consumption at less than 0.80pf comes with a nice penalty. I would like to live in the same town where everyone has this meter.

So the mig welding machine is running well above 0.80pf, up to .95, but I have 2 problem air compressors, one runs a .7pf after some minor power factor correction (I added a salvaged 8uf oil filled motor run capcitor) and i have another compressor that runs a .44pf.

04-10-14, 03:34 PM	#9
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	Looking at a newstyle digital power meter there appears to be 2 power consumption measurements. One reading appears to be tracking high power factor consumption when VAs are 20% higher than watts and the other reading appears to be billing just regular wattage. I am sure power consumption at less than 0.80pf comes with a nice penalty. I would like to live in the same town where everyone has this meter. So the mig welding machine is running well above 0.80pf, up to .95, but I have 2 problem air compressors, one runs a .7pf after some minor power factor correction (I added a salvaged 8uf oil filled motor run capcitor) and i have another compressor that runs a .44pf.