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05-13-2003, 09:20 AM | #21 | |
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I don't know what they values are, that would require breaking out a reference book, reeducating myself, and working through the numbers. You just use the inductor to shift the current load completely out of phase with the voltage load. I don't think it works on new meters, but many older meters were little more than electric motors. Factories with heavy machinery running off the grid had to have special equipment to keep from blowing out transformers, since all the electric motors will act as inductors. I honestly don't remember exactly how to tune it. I had a bunch of EE friends who learned it in class, so set out to build one. The power company *really* doesn't like it, not to mention it is quite illegal to do. |
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