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Why is a Power Quality Meter Useful? w/ Jim Bergmann
Jim Bergmann returns to the podcast to talk about the power quality meter. He also discusses what it is good for and how to use one.
A power quality meter accounts for the power factor in its measurements, and it measures true power in watts. We can notice failing capacitors and other issues that can cause a device to draw higher wattage. In inductive loads, the power factor will be less than 1. However, we can measure the power factor because the capacitor counteracts the inductive reactance and gets the power closer to unity; the current and voltage should be in phase with each other, so…
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