Hi all, if the micros are not producing power I would expect an extremely low power factor. The power factor of all inverters is low not in use. Make sure electrician is measuring during production. My measurements are extra low for micro inverters.
On Thu, Apr 27, 2023, 4:11 PM August Goers via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > Hi Wrenches, > > We have a residential site with grid tied solar where there is an > electrician involved who has gotten into taking site readings and thinks > there is a power factor problem. My gut on it is that there is some sort of > measurement reading error, and that the power factor should be around 1. > > The electrician is using a Fluke 3540FC power monitor and has provided a > spreadsheet comparing active power to apparent power and calculating power > factor. See below (you might have to open the image and zoom in to read > it). This measurement was taken with a PV system running, presumably > sending some power back to the grid. Note that the phase B active power > measurement is negative (PV exporting to grid) and that the apparent power > is positive. This nets in a power factor that is crazy low of 0.05. > > Does anyone have experience about whether a meter like this can properly > measure these readings - maybe there is a setting error or it can't deal > with negative readings? > > [image: image.png] > > Best, > > August > Luminalt > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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