Tim Hutzler said the following to Mike Ross on the subject of
Re: SOLAR POWER IN APT? (03 Jan 98  15:16:10)
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 -=>Quoting Mike Ross to Joe E. Dodson <=-
 AC>What you say makes sense. I had 45 years of AC system employment,
 AC>wherein P does not = EI. Wattless Power is measured and defined as
 AC>reactive.
 ED>Has everyone forgotten about power factor? Only in a DC circuit
 ED>does P=IE. In AC circuits P=IE(PF).
 MR>Just for the sake of discussion we're conveniently ignoring power
 MR>factor. Remember the power factor of solar arrays is really itsy
 MR>bitsy tiny?
 TH> What kind of solar arrays (for an apartment?) produce anything other
 TH> that DC?
 TH> What is the constructive informantion behind this thread? I see that
 TH> it dominates the article list, but the ones that iread have nothing
 TH> to do with "solar power in your apartment."
You're right. This being FIDO, I was attempting to explain it "nicely"
to Joe that there was no power factor in a solar array. Alec does tend
to make the subject line drift a bit from time to time. (nudge, nudge!)
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