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Our plant is heated electrically and we do only light assembly work. Can we be penalized for low power factor?

April 26, 2017assembly electrically Factor heated light low penalized plant power

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Our plant is heated electrically and we do only light assembly work. Can we be penalized for low power factor?

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A. Not likely, except in the case of heat pumps and blower motors to circulate the heat, electric heat is essentially a resistive load. Magnetic fields are not associated with resistive loads: consequently, the power factor would be unity or 100%.

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