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   Artem Bondarenko to Dani...@teranews.com   
   Re: Power factor, UPS, computer   
   05 Jan 14 05:38:49   
   
   From: artem.bond@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, January 5, 2014 1:01:21 PM UTC+2, Dani...@teranews.com wrote:   
   > connected to a resistive-capacitive-inductive load. So the phase shift,   
   > reflected back from the secondary winding into the primary winding will,   
   >   
   > almost certainly, not be 1, i.e. purely resistive.   
      
   The phase shift (cos(fi)) in not THD (total harmonic distortion). The computer   
   have a truly active load. But this active load in not linear. This do non -   
   sinusoidal current. Non-sinusoidal current = Harmonic distortion.   
      
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