Re: Base-line power consumption

["Bill Taylor" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only if you're a commercial user. Domestic users pay for power and
power factor is ignored.

(My base consumption is 750W at the moment.)

Bill

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@...> wrote:
>
> Yes but doesn't the meter measure reactive as well as active power?
>
> If you have a poor PF, you still pay for the "unused"
reactive power,
> don't you?
>
> Jon Payne wrote:
> >
> > You need to be a little careful about stuff like the microwave
drawing
> > 50W, or my TV drawing 45W when not even turned on at the front
panel
> > switch! They don't really.
> >
> > It's a power factor thing, because the monitors that clip around
the
> > incoming do not measure the voltage they cannot measure the power
> > factor and take account.
> >
> > See wikipedia for an explanation (I expect).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jon



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