21 Feb
2007
21 Feb
'07
11:47 a.m.
On Wednesday 21 February 2007 14:30, schoedel at kw.igs.net wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:46:34 +0000, Marvin Johnston
wrote
It's somewhat plausable; reactive power (which is part of a motor's
draw) doesn't register on the power meter, but the power company does
still pay for it, in terms of power-line losses at least. That's why
large motor installations generally have "power factor correction"
capacitors installed alongside of them.
Still, I doubt that a clock motor would have drawn enough reactive power
for the power company to notice, or even care.
Pat
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The reason had something to do with using power
that didn't register on the power meter.
Some people find conspiracy theories attractive.