[ExI] jobs craved

[Brent Neal]

On 24 Nov, 2009, at 22:20, spike wrote:

> In some rather extreme cases power factor is significant.  I  
> wouldn't have
> thought of that except for recently having to size an electric pump  
> for the
> ranch in which I had to account for power factor in order to maximize
> efficiency in water delivered per dollar.


Really good point about power factor. That's been my largest concern  
about the push for CFLs, since most manufacturers don't spend the half- 
penny necessary for an inductor that would correct the power factor in  
those things. :(

B


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