what do you mean by leading power factor & lagging power
factor

Answer Posted / vishvesh

Power factor is a cosine angle between voltage and current.
if it is more than 1.0 then it is considered as leading
power factor. and if it is less the 1.0 then it is
considered as lagging power factor.

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