15. You are working on a power factor correction installation, and you notice with a clip-on ammeter as you add in capacitance the current drops, you add more capacitance and the current drops, you add more capacitance the current rises. How do you know when you are at unity power factor?

15. You are working on a power factor correction installation, and you notice with a clip-on ammeter as you add in capacitance the current drops, you add more capacitance and the current drops, you add more capacitance the current rises. How do you know when you are at unity power factor?

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Chapter2: Fundamentals

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15. You are working on a power factor correction installation, and you
notice with a clip-on ammeter as you add in capacitance the current drops,
you add more capacitance and the current drops, you add more
capacitance the current rises. How do you know when you are at unity
power factor?

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