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  1. Chitina Jake

    KW, KVA, KVAR relationship

    visited the website and I do have one question, If I reduce the KVA that should equate to a reduction in amps, correct? if there is an amp reduction, shouldn't I be able to calculate an efficiency increase? the website has a lot to digest, which is why I am turning to this forum, so someone...
  2. Chitina Jake

    KW, KVA, KVAR relationship

    We have about 2 miles of underground, which I have been told is causing our capacitive load. in the summer, the inductive loads increase our PF to .78 Our current revenue barely breaks even, but I have overhauls I need to do, so I have been trying to "trim the fat". I have only been with the...
  3. Chitina Jake

    KW, KVA, KVAR relationship

    We do have a Voltage spike when we start from a dead bus. we only run 1 generator (117KW, unless the inrush load requires 2, then the secondary unit shuts down after a few minutes. Our power factor is measured both at the generator breakers, measured through our Woodward easy Gen 3000, and at...
  4. Chitina Jake

    KW, KVA, KVAR relationship

    I provide O&M for a small remote utility in Alaska. we are an isolated grid with less than 100 customers, running john deere 4045 gensets, averaging 50KW. I have noticed that we have a PF of leading .7 and I wanted to correct it. one of my objectives is to "sell" the correction to my board of...

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