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oil pan 4 · 02-20-17, 07:23 AM

Did another one. I took my 120v air compressor which had power factor corrected, with 140uf and converted it to 240v with a different motor. I used my box of capacitors and an amp meter to power factor correct it like usual.
It ended up only needing 50uf.
It went from running a 0.2 power factor unloaded to a .96, saving almost 4 amps.

02-20-17, 07:23 AM	#45
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	Did another one. I took my 120v air compressor which had power factor corrected, with 140uf and converted it to 240v with a different motor. I used my box of capacitors and an amp meter to power factor correct it like usual. It ended up only needing 50uf. It went from running a 0.2 power factor unloaded to a .96, saving almost 4 amps. Last edited by oil pan 4; 02-20-17 at 05:40 PM..