Article: Technology from PureSpectrum, Inc. Addresses the Hidden Cost of Using CFL Bulbs.

Article: PureSpectrum, Inc. Addresses the Hidden Cost of Using CFL Bulbs.
M2 Presswire;  August 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Minneapolis, Minn., low Power Factor CFL bulbs could become a crucial issue...influx of millions of low Power Factor CFL bulbs. While this additional line...product line of dimmable high Power Factor CFL bulbs. As utility companies and...

Article: PureSpectrum's Dimmable Electronic Ballast Technologys High Power Factor Rating is Confirmed by Independent Testing.
M2 Presswire;  July 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......the widespread use of low Power Factor CFL bulbs during the next few years...mass introduction of low power factor CFL bulbs would result in a costly...influx of millions of low Power Factor CFL bulbs. Through exhaustive market...

Article: Technology from PureSpectrum, Inc. Addresses the Hidden Cost of Using CFL Bulbs.
Energy Weekly News;  August 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Minneapolis, Minn., low Power Factor CFL bulbs could become a crucial issue...influx of millions of low Power Factor CFL bulbs. While this additional line...product line of dimmable high Power Factor CFL bulbs. As utility companies and...

Article: Technology from PureSpectrum, Inc. Addresses the Hidden Cost of Using CFL Bulbs
U.S. Newswire;  August 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Minneapolis, Minn., low Power Factor CFL bulbs could become a crucial issue...influx of millions of low Power Factor CFL bulbs. While this additional line...product line of dimmable high Power Factor CFL bulbs. "As utility companies and...

Article: High Power Factor Rating for PureSpectrum's Dimmable Electronic Ballast Technology is Confirmed by Independent Testing.
M2 Presswire;  July 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......and with a variety of CFL bulbs with varying Power Factor ratings being introduced...widespread use of low Power Factor CFL bulbs during the next few years...mass introduction of low power factor CFL bulbs would result in a costly...

Article: PureSpectrum, Inc.s Technology Addresses the Hidden Cost of Using CFL Bulbs.
M2 Presswire;  August 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Minneapolis, Minn., low Power Factor CFL bulbs could become a crucial issue...influx of millions of low Power Factor CFL bulbs. While this additional line...product line of dimmable high Power Factor CFL bulbs. As utility companies and...

Article: Reduce utility cost by improving power factor: because the cost of electrical energy can be dependent on power factor, judicious selection of the techniques used to control electrical power to industrial process heating applications can result in significant savings.(Power Controls)
Process Heating;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......controllers are used to control the electrical power, power factor is effectuated. Learn how multiple SCR controllers can be used to improve the power factor and reduce electrical costs. Power factor is the ratio of real power to apparent power...

Article: Compensating for low motor power factor. (Electrical Plant Engineering)
Plant Engineering;  June 17, 1993 ;     700+ words ......reasons behind -- and solutions for -- low power factor caused by motor loads Improving power factor (PF) pays handsome dividends in the form...not exercised in compensating for low power factor caused by induction motors. Power factor...

Article: Power factor improved by variable speed AC drives.(Official Motion Control Publication of ISA)
Robotics World;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......induction motor has a relatively poor power factor, causing higher line currents, which...in line cables and transformers. The power factor is especially low in cases when the...speed has the advantage of improving the power factor and reducing losses in the supply cables...

Article: How to measure power factor: a tutorial.(Power Analyzers)
Evaluation Engineering;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......oscilloscope if you plan to measure power factor. Factor out why it's better to use a wattmeter. The phrase power factor frequently is used in the electrical...electrical equipment often is fitted with power factor-corrected power supplies. Many current...

Article: Power factor: two myths and some words of comfort. (Heating Highlights).(electrical energy)(Brief Article)
Process Heating;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......should your supplier care about your power factor (PF) and why should he give you a better deal for having a high power factor? The answer: At power factors less...give him. HOW WE USUALLY DESCRIBE POWER FACTOR Two figures can help demonstrate...

Article: PFC controller offers 500 W power factor.(POWER SOURCES)
ECN-Electronic Component News;  November 1, 2008 ;     120 words ......constant frequency in continuous and discontinuous conduction modes, Power Factor One's PF8803 power factor correction (PFC) controller helps designers gain near unity power factor from 75 W to 500 W. The eight-lead SOIC- and DIP-packaged component...

Article: Power factor correction equals big savings. (use of capacitors to improve power factor of inductive electrical loads)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  April 29, 1991 ;     700+ words ...POWER FACTOR CORRECTION EQUALS BIG SAVINGS In the...also zero. A load of this type has a power factor of 1. In the case of inductive loads...type is referred to as having a lagging power factor, the value of which is less than 1...

Article: Understanding the two readings of power factor.
Plant Engineering;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......both of which are critical to keeping power factor in line Lower factor (PF) is a measure...longer than the kW vector. The term power factor is not new. What may be unfamiliar, however, is that a single measurement of power factor can produce not one, but two readings...