Power Factor Capacitor Installation by ECONTRACTOR
At ECONTRACTOR, we offer professional capacitor bank installation services to help improve your facility’s power factor, reduce energy losses, and optimize overall electrical efficiency. By correcting lagging power factor, we help you avoid penalties, lower your electricity bills, and get the most out of your electrical system.
Why Trust ECONTRACTOR for Capacitor Installation?
Our team designs and installs capacitor banks tailored to your system’s actual load and power quality. We ensure safe and compliant installations based on industry standards, including thorough site assessment and load analysis.
We deliver dependable solutions with:
• Optimized power factor (96–100%) for improved electrical performance
• Lower demand charges and reduced utility bills
• Proper sizing and protection for long-term reliability
Benefits of Power Factor Correction
• Boost system efficiency and equipment performance
• Minimize voltage drops and ensure stable power delivery
• Reduce line losses (I²R losses) and extend conductor life
• Free up system capacity, allowing more loads without costly upgrades
• Lower overall energy consumption and cost
• Improve voltage supply and reduce risk of equipment failure
Ideal Applications for Capacitor Banks
• Main switchboards and motor control centers
• Industrial machinery with high reactive loads
• HVAC and refrigeration systems
• Commercial buildings with large lighting and elevator systems
• Facilities experiencing utility penalties for low power factor
Industries We Serve
• Manufacturing plants and production facilities
• Commercial buildings and business complexes
• Data centers and hospitals
• Shopping malls and mixed-use developments
Econtractor Construction OPC
Expert Preventive Maintenance Services for commercial and industrial electrical systems
🔧 Our Services Include:
- Thermal Imaging / Scanning of electrical panels
- Megger Testing (Insulation Resistance Testing)
- Power Quality Analysis (PQA)
- Electrical Load Balancing & System Coordination
- Capacitor Bank Supply & Installation
- Planned Shutdown Maintenance for Facilities
📍 We Serve:
Metro Manila, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, and surrounding provinces
🏭 Ideal for:
Factories, warehouses, malls, BPO offices, high-rise condos, hospitals, commercial buildings
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- “Where can I get thermal scanning for electrical panels in the Philippines?”
- “How do I reduce my electric bill with a capacitor bank?”
- “What’s the price of shutdown preventive maintenance?”
- “Who does Megger testing for buildings?”
📞 Contact Us:
Phone: 09169806008
Email: Engr.manansala@Gmail.com
Website / FB Page: econtract
We install Power Factor Correction Capacitor Facilities since 1990
engr.manansala@gmail.com
www.econtract.co
Free Download: Power Factor Capacitor Catalogue
We need information on any of your bills within the past 2 months.
Email a photo (jpg) of your 2 latest Meralco bills, back to back to
engr.manansala@gmail.com
engr.manansala@gmail.com
We inform Meralco on our installations:
Max's, Chowking, McDonalds Restaurant, 50 Jollibee stores,
50 KFC Restaurants, 30 Plastic companies in Valenzuela, Laguna, and Cavite.
WHAT IS POWER FACTOR? |
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| Power Factor is a measure of how efficiently electrical power is consumed. In the ideal world Power Factor would be unity (or 1). Unfortunately in the real world Power Factor is reduced by highly inductive loads to 0.7 or less. This induction is caused by equipment such as lightly loaded electric motors, luminaire transformers, and fluorescent lighting ballasts and welding sets, etc. Power Factor is reflected in the Meralco Electric bill if there is NO power factor in your electric bill, you do not need power factor capacitor. The power factor shown above is 82.43%. The ideal power factor is 96-100%. - Engr Roland Manansala |
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WHAT DOES IT DO TO MY ELECTRICITY BILL? |
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| In a 3 phase supply, kW consumed is (VOLTS x AMPS x 1.73 x Power Factor) / 1000. The Electricity Company supply you VOLTS x AMPS and they have to supply extra to make up for the loss caused by poor Power Factor. When the power factor falls below a set figure, the electricity supply companies charge a premium on the kW being consumed, or, charge for the whole supply as kVA. You received the ff: Penalty - 1.4% surcharge for every percentage point lower than 85% Discount - 0.7% for every percentage point higher than 85% Email your photographed Meralco bill to engr.manansala@gmail.com and I will email back a complete proposal - Engr Roland Manansala |
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WHAT CAUSES POWER FACTOR TO CHANGE? |
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| Inductive loads cause the AMPS to lag behind the VOLTS. The waveforms of VOLTS and AMPS are then "out of phase" with each other. The more out of phase they become then the lower the Power Factor. Power Factor is usually expressed as Cos Phi. (Ø) |
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In 3 phase power supplies, the "power" can be measured as a triangle. ACTIVE Power is the baseline and is the real usable power measured in kW. REACTIVE power is the vertical or that part of the supply which causes the inductive load. The reactive power in is measured in kVAr (kilo volt-amperes reactive) APPARENT Power is the hypotenuse. This is the resultant of the other two components and is measured in kVA |
THE EFFECTS OF POWER FACTOR. |
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 Consider a canal boat being pulled by a horse. If the horse could walk on water then the angle (Phi) Ø would be zero and COSINE Ø=1. Meaning all the horsepower is being used to pull the load. However, the relative position of the horse influences the power. As the horse gets closer to the barge, angle Ø1 increases and power is wasted, but, as the horse is positioned further away, then angle Ø2 gets closer to zero and less power is wasted |
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WHY DO I NEED POWER FACTOR CORRECTION? |
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| Capacitive Power Factor correction (PFC) is applied to electric circuits as a means of minimizing the inductive component of the current and thereby reducing the losses in the supply. The introduction of Power Factor Correction capacitors is a widely recognised method of reducing an electrical load, thus minimizing wasted energy and hence improving the efficiency of a plant and reducing the electricity bill. It is not usually necessary to reach unity, ie Power Factor 1 since most supply companies are happy with a PF of 0.95 to 0.98 BIG monthly Peso savings, R.O.I. is normally less than one year. Power Capacitor's expected life is 10 years. - Engr Roland Manansala |
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HOW DOES IT WORK? |
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| By installing suitably sized switched capacitors into the circuit, the Power Factor is improved and the value becomes nearer to 1 thus minimizing wasted energy and improving the efficiency of a plant This is NOT applicable to residential loads, single phase. This is the ONLY electrical system equipment that is in Electrical Engineering books and approved by Meralco. After installing the power capacitor, we will write a letter to inform Meralco of our installation. - Engr Roland Manansala |
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how they calculate power factor usage?
ReplyDeleteWhy you need to report in meralco company your client?
ReplyDeleteOur installation is legal and we have to inform Meralco for their info and in return Meralco will reply with acknowledgment letter
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