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RE: check out

Posted by beautox (M) on December 9, 2014 at 00:48:06

In Reply to: check out posted by unclestu on December 9, 2014 at 00:28:10:

I guess because caps were used for power factor correction for motors and inductive loads. Caps work for that. But the kind of power factor problems that audio gear presents (anything with a power supply basically) is a different kind of problem - not the relatively simple issue of the current and voltage being just a bit out of phase, but the problem is that the current is drawn in short bursts, rather than uniformly over the whole cycle (non-linear). Caps can't fix this problem.

The line itself doesn't have a power factor, as power factor is a function of a whole circuit, and revolves around how the load consumes power.

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Topic - How large can the capacitance be in parallel AC filter? - dave789 18:48:56 11/28/14 (18)

check out - unclestu 00:28:10 12/09/14 (10)

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RE: check out - beautox 00:48:06 12/09/14 (8)

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RE: check out - beautox 13:09:30 12/09/14 (1)

RE: check out - unclestu 18:35:09 12/09/14 (0)

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RE: How large can the capacitance be in parallel AC filter? - Jon Risch 21:32:56 11/30/14 (2)

danger depends on where the caps are (?) - Tweaker456 14:20:54 12/15/14 (0)

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RE: check out - beautox 00:48:06 12/09/14 (8)

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RE: check out - beautox 17:22:03 12/13/14 (2)

RE: check out - dave789 18:35:29 12/13/14 (1)

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RE: check out - unclestu 05:56:04 12/09/14 (3)

RE: check out - beautox 13:09:30 12/09/14 (1)

RE: check out - unclestu 18:35:09 12/09/14 (0)

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