Power Factor Correction Service

We can quickly arrange professional power factor correction for any site, anywhere in Australia

PFC boosts your profits by:
    • Lowering electricity bills
    • Increasing main cable capacity
    • Reducing circuit breaker trip-outs
    • Decreasing electrical maintenance bills

What is power factor?
Power factor is a little-understood electrical phenomenon in which the electrical voltage and current waveforms, instead of being “in phase” (or together) as shown on the centre of the graph, start to separate severely, i.e. they go “out of phase” (or move apart sideways). One form of this out-of-phase situation is called LOW power factor, which is a circumstance that entails a severe electrical billing cost penalty for large commercial sites because it proportionally increases the DEMAND (e.g. kVA) component of the electricity bill.

Modern equipment such as computers, printers, faxes, copiers, fluorescent lights, flood-lights, electrical motors and transformers etc can cause the power factor of any facility to plunge way below what it should be, thereby causing absolute havoc in any large establishment. The ideal power factor is 1.0 (or 100%), but many buildings develop a lower power of around 0.6 – 0.8, which costs BIG money on electricity bills.

Power factor correction can save money in all directions
Power factor correction can not only save you big money on your electricity bills, it can also save you big money in other ways. As well as saving you money on DEMAND, it is also a very cost-effective way of increasing the capacity of your main cabling by up to 50%, thereby preventing:

(a) constant circuit breaker trip-outs due to circuit breaker overloads, and
(b) preventing high maintenance problems due to severe, PF-induced electrical sparking (i.e. preventing accelerated spark erosion of the electrical contacts of main contactors, relays and switches etc). Note that a 0.7 power factor (which is quite common nowadays), when properly corrected, will increase you main cable capacity by a massive 30% and could decrease your relevant, electrical maintenance factors by a similar figure.

Depending on your situation, this extra mains capacity and maintenance saving could worth up to an average of $50,000 on its own (without even considering the $ savings from power factor correction).

Power factor calculator: Your power factor, when measured at your main switchboard, should ideally be no less than 95% (or 0.95). Lower readings may substantially raise the cost of electricity bills that also have a DEMAND (e.g. kVA) charge component. Note: Your local electrician can measure power factor for you in a few minutes.

Check your latest electricity bill against the same billing period for last year, any inexplicable increases of 10% - 20% or more per annum on your DEMAND component may be due to low power factor. This may need power factor correction, or if PFC already exists, it may need servicing, or it may need to be added to in size because your changing/expanding business may be severely over-extending its original-designed capacity. It’s a bit like asking a small car to now pull a caravan instead of a trailer, it may do it, but you can be pretty sure it won’t do anywhere near as well as a larger car and it’ll use a lot more petrol in the process.

We can organize for a quick power factor evaluation for any site, anywhere in Australia and will give you an obligation-free quotation for correctly sized power factor correction equipment (i.e. power factor correctors).

For a free QUOTATION: Please send an email/fax with the subject line “Quotation wanted for Power Factor Correction”

In your email/fax, tell us very briefly about the physical size and operation of your business site. If possible, email us a copy of both sides of your last electricity bill. Also tell what your approximate power factor is, if known.

Once we get this information, we can give you a quotation without the need to first visit your site.

Erwin Tischler
   (Business Owner - Cert. Electrical Engineer, Granville TAFE NSW 1973
   & Lic Electrician EA 39404)

RE Developments Company (Incorp. “Energy Conservation”)
   Electrical Engineering Design
   Energy Conservation Services
   Power Factor Correction Services
   DIY Web Site Design Advice

PO Box 441
BAULKHAM HILLS, New South Wales, 1755, Australia

Email: savings@energyconservation.com.au or savings@bigpond.net.au
Ph: 02 9686 6771 Fax: 02 9688 7606

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Our power factor correction services may suit businesses from anywhere in Australia, e.g. :Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory (A.C.T. ACT), Brisbane in Queensland (Qld), Sydney in New South Wales (N.S.W. NSW), Melbourne in Victoria (Vic.), Hobart in Tasmania (Tas.), Adelaide in South Australia (S.A. SA), Perth in Western Australia (W.A. WA) and Darwin in the Northern Territory (N.T. NT), Cairns, Innisfail, Ingham, Townsville, Bowen, Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Gympie, Charters Towers, Mount Isa, Mnt Isa, Mt Isa, Kingaroy, Roma, Dalby, Toowoomba, Ipswich, Warwick, Surfers Paradise, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah, Ballina, Lismore, Tenterfield, Grafton, Glenn Innes, Inverell, Blacktown, Liverpool, Fairfield, Pennant Hills, Penrith, Narrabri, Moree, Bourke, Coffs Harbour, Armidale, Tamworth, Gunnedah, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra, Nyngan, Broken Hill, Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Pt Macquarie, Taree, Forster, Nelson Bay, Maitland, Cessnock, Gosford, Parramatta, Castle Hill, Pennant Hills, Hornsby, Liverpool, Penrith, Windsor, Lithgow, Katoomba, Bathurst, Orange, Wetherill Park, Wellington, Dubbo, Cowra, Forbes, Parkes, Young, Leeton, Griffith, Narrandera, Hay, Mildura, Goulburn, Yass, Cootamundra, Kiama, Nowra, Queanbeyan, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Deniliquin, Batemans Bay, Cooma, Merimbula, Wodonga, Wangaratta, Shepparton, Echuca, Swan Hill, Horsham, Bendigo, Seymour, Ballarat, Ararat, Portland, Warrnambool, Colac, Geelong, Warragul, Morwell, Traralgon, Sale, Bairnsdale, Mount Gambier, Mnt Gambier, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge, Port Pirie, Pt Pirie, Gawler, Peterborough, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Pt Augusta, Port Lincoln, Pt Lincoln, Burra, Kalgoorlie, Norseman, Esperance, Albany, Bunbury, Merredin, Busselton, Mandurah, Armadale, Fremantle, Midland, Northam, Moora, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Newman, Karratha, Port Hedland, Pt Hedland, Broome, Derby, Wyndham, Halls Creek, Collie, Adelaide River, Katherine, Alice Springs.

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