Cost savings

The units use high quality, reliable capacitors to improve the efficiency of an electrical supply at industrial locations through restoring power factor to as near unity as is possible by reducing the effects of reactive power on a site’s supply.

The company says this lowers bills because energy suppliers charge for reactive power. It also reduces carbon emissions and improves the quality of power, prolonging the lifespan of equipment, helping avoid voltage drops over long cable runs and increasing the capacity of a local electricity network.

Jeremy Dodge, Marshall-Tufflex head of marketing & technical services, says: "In short our Power Factor Correction units make your power supply more efficient, lowering bills and delivering a number of additional benefits. It is an established and proven technology that works on the principle that power(kVA) is made up of two components, useful power (kW) and reactive power (kVAR). Useful power is required to complete a task while reactive power does not contribute to achieving the task but costs the customer in additional kWh charges and, potentially, penalty charges.”