EXAMPLES OF INDUCTIVE AND CAPACITIVE LOADS

Inductive loads (example - appliances with motors and transformers including air-conditioners, washers, dryers, refrigerators, induction motor, pumps, fans, power transformer, lighting ballasts, welder or induction furnace, etc.)
Capacitive loads (example - rechargeable batteries, transformers, etc.)
Physics of inductive and capacitive loads


Inductive loads and capacitive loads are not perfectly in “phase”.
  • In pure terms they tend to be one half cycle out of phase.
  • An Energy Saver will correct for the phase differences.
  • Correcting for these phase differences means electrical energy is used more efficiently.
  • By utilizing electrical energy more efficiently we use less electricity.
  • By utilizing less electricity we are paying the electric utility less money.
  • In addition to saving money by putting these circuits in phase appliances run more efficiently.
  • Appliances that run more efficiently tend to run cooler and last longer.
    • This is the essence of "power factor correction” – optimization and creation of efficiencies in the circuit.
    From a practical perspective although all one sees is a reduction in the magnitude of electricity bills it is comforting to know that expensive appliances run cooler, last longer and need to be replaced less often.
    From a physics perspective, by correcting the currents in inductive and capacitive loads we decrease the total amount of current that flows through the electric energy-meter (kW-hour meter) installed by the electric utility.
    The fewer kW’s that flow through the electric energy meter (kW-hour meter) installed by the electric utility means that the customer is charged less money by the electric utility.
    Our goal, and the purpose of the Energy Saver for you, as a consumer of electrical energy, is for you to pay less money to the electric utility providing you with an essential commodity called electricity.
    It doesn’t get any simpler than that!!!