From: dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au   
      
   On 17/04/14 23:46, Uncle Peter wrote:   
   > On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:50:32 +0100, Daniel    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 17/04/14 10:07, Uncle Peter wrote:   
   >>> Can someone confirm that power factor is NOT taken into consideration   
   >>> for domestic supplies?  I have a feeling it isn't, but I can't find any   
   >>> information on the internet.  If it matters, it's a modern (<5 years   
   >>> old) electronic meter I have.  The power factor in my house is an   
   >>> average of 0.7 so depending if it's charged for or not, my bill could be   
   >>> completely different.   
   >>>   
   >> When I last dealt with this, power generator companies "assumed" there   
   >> would be an average power factor and set up their generators to handle   
   >> that. Your individual house (or, probably, even a small factory) would   
   >> not cause much variation in that power factor, considering the   
   >> generators are probably supplying hundreds of thousands of homes at the   
   >> same time!!   
   >   
   > That won't apply to switched mode power supplies clipping off the peaks   
   > though.   
   >   
   Wouldn't cause a very big blip in the grander scheme of things.   
      
   And what SMPS clips off the peaks?? Usually they vary the switch on   
   point in the A.C. waveform.   
      
   Daniel   
      
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