Power Factor Correction weirdness?

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Power Factor Correction weirdness?
• From: Adam <adamsmith-at-mediaone-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 07:10:42 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Can someone explain what I'm seeing when I attempt to power factor correct
my neons? I've got my DMM in series with the primary of a 12,000 60mA NST,
and the secondary of the NST is shorted.  With no PFC caps, it reads 7.13
Amps.  But when I start adding caps in parallel with the NST primary, the
current reading drops dramatically-- more than I expected it to.  Here are
the results:

    PFC Caps    Ammeter Reading (amps)

    0                7.13
    50 uF            4.96
    100 uF           2.81
    150 uF           1.14

What's going on here? is this right?

-Adam
adamsmith-at-mediaone-dot-net

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