APFC Panel Troubleshooting: 7 Common Faults and How to Fix Them An automatic power factor correction panel may begin switching incorrectly, miss its target or repeatedly trip capacitor stages. A newly commissioned APFC panel can also fail from its first day. The cause is not always a defective capacitor. CT installation, controller settings, harmonics, switching components and changing load...
Active Harmonic Filter: Extend Transformer Life A 480 V transformer that runs within nameplate kVA can develop abnormal temperature rise when VFDs, UPS rectifiers, and switched-mode loads inject high harmonic current into its secondary bus. The transformer does not see only useful fundamental current; it carries distorted current through its windings, terminations, and neutral conduc...