Timeline for Difference between real and reactive power
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| Nov 26, 2021 at 18:51 | comment | added | vir | Big picture is: reactive power/current is extra current that has to flow in your AC circuit to charge and discharge inductors and capacitors. They "take" extra current from the source and "give it back" later on in the cycle. Although this power isn't consumed or used, the whole system - source, load, and connecting lines - need to be sized to deal with it. | |
| Nov 26, 2021 at 18:08 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 26, 2021 at 12:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 26, 2021 at 11:49 | comment | added | Mitu Raj | Does this answer your question? What is reactive Power and how it is generated and what is its source? | |
| Nov 26, 2021 at 10:25 | answer | added | user300864 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 26, 2021 at 10:22 | answer | added | Marko Buršič | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 26, 2021 at 10:15 | comment | added | Kartman | Reactive power is where the current waveform is out of phase with the voltage waveform. This can cause issues where the current is high, but the voltage is low, so in terms of Watts, very little work is being done. | |
| Nov 26, 2021 at 10:06 | history | edited | JRE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 26, 2021 at 10:00 | history | asked | Alex | CC BY-SA 4.0 |