<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ok, so all seem to be in agreement more or less. How do I break it to British Columbia Hydro? :-|<div><br></div><div>I think they must be misunderstanding what they are asking for but the question is in the section for PV and on the same line as the total output in Kwh of the PV. Power Factor %</div><div><br></div><div>I'll contact them and see where this goes but I don't fully understand what power factor is which will make it hard to argue my case. My understanding is that it is the difference between what the utility supplies to a residence vs. the actual loads being used by that residence expressed as a percentage. </div><div><br></div><div>I came across the following course offering by SEI that discusses Power Factor with reference to PV:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Helvetica; ">POWER FACTOR AS IT RELATES TO SOLAR INSTALLATIONS </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; ">Presented By: Michael Smith of Alpine Management Systems </div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica; min-height: 12.0px"> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; ">This session will deal with power factor: What is power factor? What causes low power factor? Why improve </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; ">your power factor? This session will explain the role of power factor correction as it applies to solar installations. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; ">There are currently over 67,000 KVAR installations in 26 countries resulting in phenomenal energy savings with </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; ">a corresponding reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Session includes several KVAR installations and the </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Helvetica; ">resultant savings. </div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><a href="http://www.solarenergy.org/workshops/docs/industry08_trainingdetails.pdf">http://www.solarenergy.org/workshops/docs/industry08_trainingdetails.pdf</a></span></font></div></div><div><br><div><div>Ron</div><div><br></div><div>On 30-Jul-09, at 7:43 AM, Wind-sun.com wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div bgcolor="#ffffff" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font size="2" face="Calibri">There is no such thing as a power factor for DC or for panels.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Calibri"></font> </div><div>..................................................................................................<br>Northern Arizona Wind & Sun - Electricity From The Sun Since 1979<br>Solar Discussion Forum:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/">http://www.wind-sun.com/ForumVB/</a><br>..................................................................................................</div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="solareagle@solareagle.com" href="mailto:solareagle@solareagle.com">Ron Young</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, July 29, 2009 5:45 PM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[RE-wrenches] Power Factor</div><div><br></div>Can anyone point me in the direction to find the power factor for Sanyo HIT N 205 panels? 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