Power Factor Correction

The Reactive Power charge on your electricity bill is directly targeted against those companies who do not demonstrate clear energy efficiency use. You will find this charge itemized on your electricity bill.

Reactive power charges can be made significantly smaller by the introduction of Power Factor Correction Capacitors which are a widely recognized method of reducing an electrical load and minimizing wasted energy, improving the efficiency of a plant and reducing the electricity bill.

It is not always necessary to reach a power factor of 1. A cost effective solution can be achieved by increasing your power factor to greater than 0.95

A full site survey is required to determine what type and size of system is required to meet your current and future needs.

Power Factor Correction Ltd will carry out the survey, including harmonic analysis, and the cost of the survey can be remitted against the cost of the equipment purchased.

Power Factor is a measure of how efficiently electrical power is consumed. In the ideal world Power Factor would be unity (or 1). Unfortunately in the real world Power Factor is reduced by highly inductive loads to 0.7 or less. This induction is caused by equipment such as lightly loaded electric motors, luminary transformers and fluorescent lighting ballasts and welding sets, etc.

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Once in place, the cost of PFC can often be recovered in less than 1 year.