what is power factor in electricity?

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what is power factor in electricity?

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The most basic ELI5 I can think of without going into the nuts and bolts of capacitance and inductance.

No circuit is 100% efficient, for applications that use a large amount of power the % of power converted to real work matters. The power factor is the % of power consumed that is actually used by the equipment.

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