Reducing Electricity Bill:
A 100 watt device with Low POWER FACTOR consumes more power then a device with high power factor. Many of us will think that if 2 devices with same rated power will consume the same power. But the power consumption depends up on the power factor.
POWER FACTOR:
Power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of real power flowing to the load to the apparent power.
Real Power is the power required for the device to do the job
Apparent Power is the power consumed by the device to do the job.
Example: If an electric motor need 500 wats to do the job. But actually It consumes 700 to perform
its job.
The remaining 200 watts will be wasted in the form of heat and is of no use.
So, to save electricity and to reduce electricity bill, we have to reduce the wastage of unwanted power consumption.
Now a days most of the manufacturers are using appropriate CAPACITORS used for the device, this is one of the way why energy star rated devices get such good mileage.
CONCLUSION:
A 100 watt device with Low POWER FACTOR consumes more power then a device with high power factor. Many of us will think that if 2 devices with same rated power will consume the same power. But the power consumption depends up on the power factor.
POWER FACTOR:
Power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of real power flowing to the load to the apparent power.
Real Power is the power required for the device to do the job
Apparent Power is the power consumed by the device to do the job.
Example: If an electric motor need 500 wats to do the job. But actually It consumes 700 to perform
its job.
The remaining 200 watts will be wasted in the form of heat and is of no use.
So, to save electricity and to reduce electricity bill, we have to reduce the wastage of unwanted power consumption.
Now a days most of the manufacturers are using appropriate CAPACITORS used for the device, this is one of the way why energy star rated devices get such good mileage.
CONCLUSION:
- Power Savers merges the cosine spikes in electrical waveform resulting in less spike height, so they can save bills a bit. They are simply plugged into wall plug and they do that by help of a capacitor. There are some indicator lights in the device which does nothing but just shows power ok. It can save power around 10% actually.
- Only inductive loads produce cosine waves and it can be useful in cases of electric heaters, air conditioners, electrical motors, induction cookers, etc.
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ReplyDeleteApart from this, you can also try installing a power monitoring device like Ohm Assistant (http://ohmassistant.com/) to monitor the power consumption of your home appliances. Once you know which devices are consuming the most amount of electricity, you can take measures to reduce their usage and save money on your electricity bills.
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