Capacitor Banks on distribution poles?
Capacitor Banks on distribution poles?
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Hello everyone,
I've always been curious to why you would want to have capacitor banks out on a distribution pole feeder as opposed to within a substation. Could anyone tell me why this is a common practice?
Regards,
John
I've always been curious to why you would want to have capacitor banks out on a distribution pole feeder as opposed to within a substation. Could anyone tell me why this is a common practice?
Regards,
John






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RE: Capacitor Banks on distribution poles?
Having the capacitors out where the inductive VARs are 'flowing' (due to cumulative inductive loads on the feeder) tends to bring the local power factor towards (and hopefully not past) unity, minimizing the currents.
Your 'perfect goal' is to have just enough current to deliver all of the customer's Watt needs at every point along the lines.
Practicality means a limited number at strategic points based on that feeders load profile.
RE: Capacitor Banks on distribution poles?