I understand that, but....with an NST powered coil, it's rather moot isn't
it?
I mean, you're drawing only a few hundred watts. The "wasted power" isn't
enough to trip the breaker, and the impact in your electric bill is on par
with your doorbell.
Maybe I'm missing something, my electric bills are a little different than
most. It just seems like a lot of effort for very little tangible gains.
We certainly don't worry about it here in the lab.
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 7:58 PM, jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 12/3/16 4:03 PM, Chris Boden wrote:
>
>> The question I have is......Why? Why would you want to lower the PF?
>>
>>
>>
> Total line current is less - the meter spins slowly for the current, but
> the breaker will trip.
>
> if you have 71% PF, you'll draw 14 amps from the socket, but only be
> really using 10 of it to make sparks.
>
>
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