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what is power factor ..

Answer / mahendran

power factor is cosine angle between current and voltage

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what is power factor ..

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the ratio between real power to apparent power

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what is power factor ..

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it is the degree of matching of the load impedance with
the pure resistive load

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what is power factor ..

Answer / sanjana singh

phase angle b/w current and voltage is called power factor and the ratio of real power and apparent power also called power factor.

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what is power factor ..

Answer / baloch

It shows, how efficient your power system is..

0.9 Power Factor shows, your existing Power System is 90%
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