Power Factor 1
Electricity and Magnetism
Level
2
A household is running the following equipment:
A single phase pump for the swimming pool is also connected and the nameplate reads:
\(230 \text{ V}_\text{rated}, 15\text{ A} , 0.83 \text{ pf} \).
What is the expected power factor for the entire house?
Hint: The following model is for illustrative purposes, do not calculate the values of the inductors or resistors
by
Brandon Louw