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pnair

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One of the projects I am working on has a power factor issue

Currently We have connected some Ventialtions Fans- 2x125Hp and 1x200 HP along with some 30HP Pumps-Direct on Line and a 150HP Compressor-Direct on Line

Unti 8:30 this morning, the power factor read on the revenue meter was 0.89 lagging which makes sense since the VFD is helping with some of the correction. For some reason, since 8:30, the system has gone to a -0.89 to -0.95 leading power factor- This is very unexplained as no apparent changes were made to cause a shift?

Any thoughts?

 
Are all devices still working? One of them may be failing, but not failed yet. Maybe your monitoring equipment is failing?

 
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