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Power factor still poor after fitting capacitors: why
The bank is installed, the contactors click, and the bill has not moved. Six causes, ranked, and the one clamp-meter test that finds most of them.
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APFC panels: sizing the steps, and avoiding resonance
How an automatic power factor panel decides what to switch, why the smallest step matters more than the total kVAr, and when you must fit detuned reactors.
6 min read
The power factor penalty: what it costs, what fixing returns
Where reactive power comes from, how Indian tariffs charge for it, and a worked payback on a 200 kW plant — where the penalty is the smaller of the two savings.
6 min read