Yes, I agree with this. The discussion originally centered around doing this at repeater sites. I'm just attempting to gather more info from the guy who said it "worked."
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "ae6zm" <wesbfl...@surewest.net> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:17 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Adding capacitors to lower electric bill > > > > > > When in comes to matters of science, there will always be some who step > forward with anecdotal 'evidence' that they have experienced something > that contradicts accepted scientific knowledge. Using caps to reduce your > power bill is one of those myths. Your power meter is a true watt meter, > and is very carefully designed and tested to measure, react to and record > only true watts, and not react to reactive power. (pun!!) Yes, installing > corrective capacitors can reduce your power bill, but not because it > changes your meter reading; it doesn't. For industrial users, a poor PF > results in penalty charges from the utility, and improving the PF by > adding capacitive VAs ( or KVAs) can reduce the penalties, thereby > reducing your bill. > This is not really a repeater topic, but power bills are a real part of > repeater use, so it is useful to understand the real 'science'. > > Wes > AE6ZM & VE7ELE > GROL/RADAR > ARRL Technical Specialist > Lincoln, CA > CM98iv > > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Bon & Hal" <bhbru...@...> wrote: >> >> Bill: >> >> Check this out. Is It possible that the device might actually reduce >> electrical usage? >> >> Hal >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Paul Plack >> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 9:27 PM >> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Adding capacitors to lower electric >> bill >> >> >> >> >> One company supplying power factor correction capacitors promotes their >> use on inductive loads only, where it might be a legitimate claim: >> >> http://www.greenenergycube.com/index.php?support-documentation >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, AE4KR >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3084 - Release Date: 08/20/10 14:35:00
