Quote from: dropt on July 10, 2014, 06:55:21 PM

Quote from: murraypaul on July 10, 2014, 06:23:57 PM

That sounds like psuedo-science garbage, and isn't backed up in any way by the link you have given.
Can you provide any support for your claims?

It's not entirely pseudo-science. He's missing some key parts of the equation and using big words to sound smart. In essence, he's regurgitating things he's read, but doesn't fully understand. Now, if he comes back here with a bunch of calculus derived from something like, oh I don't know, Maxwell's equations, then we can start to take him a little more seriously.

That part about DC connectors and heat is 99.999% dumb though.

The link in my earlier post has a more articulate description of power factor than what Phoenix tried to provide:
http://power-topics.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-is-pfc-and-why-do-i-need-it.html

Good PFC can also reduce ripple, so I agree with giving 0.001% credit where credit is due.