Thanks for your help. I found my answer in a paper published by IEEE. Author: Charles W.Williams, Jr., P.E.
Title: The effects of distribution system parameters on air conditioning motor startup flicker. Year: 1999?
Charlie took actual field measurements of voltage and power factor for both...
I work for an electric utility in Oklahoma. Our Design Standards department is trying to tell me that a residential air conditioner has a starting power factor of .35 lag. I find this hard to believe. This results in almost four volts of flicker drop in a 25 kVA transformer. Does anyone know the...
Yes, I understand that starting an induction motor results in a low starting power factor. However, I thought that residential air conditioners have a starting capacitor that reduces the amount of current draw on start up and raises the starting power factor to something higher than .35?
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I work for an electric utility in Oklahoma. Our Design Standards department is trying to tell me that a residential air conditioner has a starting power factor of .35 lag. I find this hard to believe. This results in almost four volts of flicker drop in a 25 kVA transformer. Does anyone know the...
