what mean by power factor

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what mean by power factor..

Answer / ajay sharma

Angle of Lag and lead between voltage and current is known as power factor.

Power factor is always less than one. And in ideal case it is unity.

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what mean by power factor..

Answer / rama maddileti

*The cosine angle between voltage and current is called
power factor.
* power factor =(active power/apparent power).
*The power factor is improved by connecting capacitor in
that circuit.

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