Re: Motion Sensor Light for Front Entrance

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Jeff Volp" <JeffVolp@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>For a Maxi Controller, the Kill-a-Watt reads 1.0 and 10 for
>watts and VA respectively.  Even though the Maxi Controller label says it
>only consumes 2.5W, the low pass filter in the XTB must deliver the same
>current as if a 10W load was plugged in.

Which is why the power companies charge industrial and other customers, with
large reactive loads, a premium. They have to supply (and have the
infrastructure for) the higher current even though it does no work.

It is also why CFLs may not bring about as big a reduction in power usage as
claimed by those who foisted them on us. Instead of merely banning
(effectively) incandescents, they should also have mandated that CFLs have a
high power factor or, at least, require the manufacturers to put the PF on
the package.