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How Many Industrial Capacitors to Install

Capacitors are rated in kilovars. The number of capacitor kilovars to be installed can be computed simply by entering in the boxes below:

bullet"present power factor (%)"
bullet"desired power factor (%)"
bullet"kW Load"
Present Power Factor... %
Desired Power Factor... %
kW Load...
kW Multiplier...
Capacitor kilovars to install... (three phase value)

For example, with a load of 2000 kW at 68% power factor, you will need 1500 kvars in order to correct the power factor to 95%.

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