Understanding Power Factor

This video provides a short technical explanation of power factor, the causes of low power factor, power factor correction, and power factor measurements.

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Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
00:16 Suggested viewing
00:32 About (active) power
01:17 About reactive power
02:42 Reactive power: good or bad?
03:44 About apparent power
04:32 About power factor
05:38 Power factor triangle
06:25 Displacement versus distortion
07:39 Consequences of low power factor
08:52 About power factor correction (PFC)
10:39 Measuring power factor
11:49 Instruments for measuring power factor
12:06 Measuring power factor with power analyzers
13:00 Measuring power factor with oscilloscopes
13:44 Summary