Son Agro Ballast Q for Electrical Engineers

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how can you tell Darren is back in school

Learned that stuff before I was back in school this time. Just applying it on MUCH larger scales now. Figuring out what size capacitor banks and such are needed to adjust a lagging or leading power factors to near equality. All to save $$$ you know. Never had to worry too much about it on ship I am betting as we created our own power. Bet you could run more equipment without problems if they were to include selectable/switchable banks of capacitors on the ships. Tho they are running mostly 400 three phase. so who knows and really.. who cares.. lol

Nope. Didn't even know they were an issue until the issue was brought up at the dinner.

The biggest mess I have seen tho is the power network at BCIT. And i am imagining at any large school. With all the computers, lighting and such on the same network, the noise is unbelieveable. It would be impossible to use something such as X10 as it would disappear in all the harmonics and noise in the lines.