L linguist New Member Oct 11, 2010 #1 I am trying to calculate the current drawn by an inductive circuit from the total Power, Voltage & Power Factor. If I have a an inductive circuit with a load of 10kW as an example & the circuit has a power factor of 0.4, the voltage is 100v 50Hz. I know from Ohms law that you have I = P/V so 10,000/100 =100A But the power factor is 0.4 making the circuit draw more current so how do I factor this in?. Cheers
I am trying to calculate the current drawn by an inductive circuit from the total Power, Voltage & Power Factor. If I have a an inductive circuit with a load of 10kW as an example & the circuit has a power factor of 0.4, the voltage is 100v 50Hz. I know from Ohms law that you have I = P/V so 10,000/100 =100A But the power factor is 0.4 making the circuit draw more current so how do I factor this in?. Cheers
L linguist New Member Oct 11, 2010 #2 I'm not sure if this is correct, could you have a look & see for me please. Power in an AC circuit is Volts X Amps X Power Factor. Power is Constant at 10kW in this case so 100V X 250A X .4pf = 10,000W--10kW. Do I have this correct? Cheers
I'm not sure if this is correct, could you have a look & see for me please. Power in an AC circuit is Volts X Amps X Power Factor. Power is Constant at 10kW in this case so 100V X 250A X .4pf = 10,000W--10kW. Do I have this correct? Cheers
L linguist New Member Oct 12, 2010 #4 Thank you MrAl, You have cleared that up for me perfectly once again. Cheers