Re: Watt meters

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

"Hi Terry,

So does this mean if I put a pure inductor across the mains (sized for
say
10 amps), the watt meter will register no power being consumed??  If
this is
true, how long has this been done this way?

Cheers,
Gerry R"

1. Yes, but lossless power reactors are hard to find.

2. Since the big bang.

3. A capacitor will produce the same results and most capacitors are
essentially lossless at 60 Hz.  I checked my Killawatt against a big
capacitor load and it read zip.

Ed