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    Is This True?

    I Have Heard that by placing a capacitor in parallell with your home electric main you can lower your power bill. Two theories have been forwarded as to the reason 1)<My Favorite> The Cap. brings your home &quot;system&quot; closer to a Unity power factor which would lower the current Kw=KVA...
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    50 Hz v/s 60 Hz

    I have a question I hope someone can answer: Why does Europe (and most of the world) use 50 Hertz AC while the US uses 60 Hertz AC? Who decided these frequencies as the standard and when? I realize this corresponds to 3000 and 3600 RPM for the prime mover (assuming 2 pole machines) but why these...

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