In the late 1980s, HP Labs was having wiring failures and fires in the cubicle
wiring. Someone visited from MIT Project Athena and made a side comment about
their wiring problems with computers at every desk. For a while, HP Labs had
extension cords strung everywhere to reduce the demand on the
...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2020 4:45 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Power Factor
On 3/4/2020 10:15 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> Power factor is a quantity associated with mains power (and similar
> power distribution systems). In the old days
On 3/4/2020 10:15 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
Power factor is a quantity associated with mains power (and similar
power distribution systems). In the old days (when I went through EE),
it was, indeed, related to the phase angle.
I meant to add that power factor now includes the triplen harmonics
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