[Vwdiesel] Gensets using VW Diesels ----( The Power Factor )

[H . Hagar.]

I spendt a LOT of time here explaining to beginners what exactly ?
is Power Factor ?

It is tricky because it is expressed in a number of different ways.    BUT for the Hams ?
I have no problem.

Here is Hagars version   ---it is the Phase shift  between peak current and peak voltage..
Yes the peak is not important. ----it works all the way ---to the bank.

I sat down for lunch with a lot of Generation Wizards-----   no shit .     And when they
talk ? they mention powerfactor as being UNITY:      ---or LEADING  ----or LAGGING.

So we wound up with a lot of vector diagrams on the napkins.    ---  Yes the factor is in degrees and so on.
BUT for the smart ones ?   it is the cosine of Phi -------if you fell a sleep during
TRIG ?   ---tuff luck.

For those of you who fell a sleep ?  -----here it is without the TRIG.

If you have a dual beam scope ---put   Voltage and Current on  and you will see that
an inductive load  delays the current  by  a lot.    If you put on a capacitor load ?   you
will se the current peaking way before the voltage  ----in a perfect case it will be 90  degrees.
By the way if you see 90 degrees I like to know about it.

Likewise in a perfect inductive case it  it will peak way behind  ---like 90 degrees.

So what is so important about that ?   a LOT.     It winds up as a lot of current when there is little voltage --RIGHT ?.

Called Wattless current  ----lots of amps but little power. ---are u --catching on ?
What does that current do ? it heats the wires and screws up motorwindings  and generator windings.

Hydro puts a penalty on ---because they  use Wattmeters so measure your useage.
So they do not get every drop of blood out of you ----if you have a lot of Wattless current.

Are you catching on ?  

It is FUN -------when you get the melody.

Hagar.

PS :   have fun ---Hagar your Genset guy.   (for FREE) sure hope you appreciate all
that experience. ?