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Stop paying for wasted energy!
Want to cut your electric bill without changing your lifestyle or altering your electrical usage habits? The solution is not only simple but it is extremely affordable and fully endorsed by the U.S. Dept. of Energy as well as being UL listed! Installing an electrical device known as a Power Factor Conditioner to your existing electric panel can cut your electric bill by as much as 25% saving you hundreds or thousands of dollars in energy costs every year. The fact of the matter is that your appliances and other electrical usage in your homes and businesses are costing you not only additional money but they are quite literally wasting the energy they are getting simply because they do not and in most cases cannot efficiently use all of the electricity they are being fed. Instead, a great deal of the power you are paying for is being wasted as the extra electricity your electrical devices are being fed is dissipating in the form of heat energy. Especially those appliances that would be classified as an inductive load i.e. any appliance requiring the use of an ac motor such as air conditioning units, refrigerators, freezers, pool pumps, hot tubs, air compressors, sump pumps, or any appliance that operates through the use of an AC motor.
On average all homes have a power factor rating or efficiency of 70% or .70 and we have personally witnessed some homes with a power factor of much worse. Our power factor conditioners greatly improve the efficiency of the electrical usage on the circuits they are installed on by raising the power factor to as close to 100% efficiency as is possible and typical installations experience improved power factor ratings of 95% to 98% or .95 - .98 which greatly reduces the amount of power wasted as well as the amount of power consumption in your home or commercial/industrial applications. Built in surge suppression is also a huge benefit to both residential and commercial applications and greatly diminishes the likelihood of electrical damage to both the wiring and appliances that are powered by electrical systems where our power factor conditioners are installed.
Installing a power factor conditioner stops this waste at the panel as it stores the additional power you have already paid for that is otherwise wasted until your home or business actually needs it and by so doing cuts your electric bill significantly and increases the life of the appliances using AC motors because they now operate at a much cooler temperature. These units will also prevent voltage drops you might be experiencing as a result of the increased current your panel is getting because your power factor is lower than 1.0 or 100%, and many electric utility companies actually charge you an additional penalty fee if this is the case in your home or business. Global Team Direct is proud to offer UL listed power factor conditioners for both homes and businesses that not only save you money but will help stop wasted energy dead in its tracks. We have included a CBS and NBC News Investigative Video Reports below that you will definitely want to watch if you are serious about cutting your electrical costs, and we have also published the Dept. of Energy's report on the benefits of using power factor conditioners in your homes and businesses here for you to download and read.
What is Power Factor and how does it affect your electric bill?
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CBS and NBC NEWS Investigative Reports on Power Factor Conditioners
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What is Power Factor?
Power Factor is used to describe the electrical efficiency of the electricity being used in your home or business. For example, a .59 Power Factor means that you are at 59% efficiency of electric usage. A good Power Factor is one that reads .90 or 90% or better. When your Power Factor is low, it causes a strain on your electric distribution system and the electric wiring in your home or business. This strain heats up the wires and panels and causes line losses, which are Watts, and causes you to pay for electricity you're not using because it is lost in heat dissipation. It also heats up the motors and circuits in your appliances which will shorten their life only costing you more in earlier replacements than you normally would given the presence of proper power factor conditioning on your electrical distribution panel of your home or business.
Amperage-Is the component of electricity that does all the work, so if you can decrease the amount of Amperage draw in your home or business, you reduce your kilowatt hour usage and thus reduce your electric bill.
Voltage-This is the component of electricity that drives the Amperage, in other words, voltage is the pressure that sends amperage flowing through your wires in your home or business.
Line Side Amperage-This is where your electricity is flowing through your meter and being measured. It’s what you pay for.
Load Side Amperage-This is what every electrical device that is turned on in your home or business is drawing in amperage to satisfy the load.
OHMS Law-Volts X Amps. X Power Factor=Watts. Watts are what you pay for. By increasing the Power Factor, Amperage must decrease, therefore by mathematical equation your Watts also decrease.
How will installing a Power Factor Conditioner in my home or business help with those line losses?
Capacitors increase Power Factor and thereby reduces the strain on the wires and distribution system, thus causing the line losses (Watts Lost) to go away. In other words you will cure the line loss and no longer pay for the electricity lost as a result of the poor Power Factor. Generally speaking in most cases, our capacitor unit will increase the Power Factor quite easily to .90 or 90% or above.
The U.S. Department of Energy has also released it's own report regarding the many benefits to improving power factor in our homes and businesses and you can download your copy to read or share with family and friends in your advocacy of responsible energy usage.
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