Solar Requirements - Confirmation
I'm taking a 3 month mountain biking trip through British Columbia this summer. Most of the time will be spent camping at National/Provincial parks without access to electric. When I really break it d...
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pianotuna wrote:
Resistance, such as a light bulb, has a power factor of 1.
SoundGuy wrote:
Yes and no. I just measured an incandescent bulb with my Kill-a-Watt and it displayed a PF of 0.99 to 1.00
pianotuna wrote:
Hi Resistance loads are a pf of 1. If the KAW (which are quite nice) reads .99 it is a measurement error.
I never said it read .99, I said the display cycled slightly between 0.99 and 1.00, typical of any consumer level measuring device with a digital display.
led's are NOT a resistance load.
Exactly my point - these days not all light bulbs are incandescent and therefore not a "resistance load" as you suggested. :W
