Common Questions & Answers

These questions are often asked by electrical engineers or commercial electricians that are members of the client’s operations or maintenance staff. The answer to the questions is often key to obtaining their endorsement and support for a proposed project. Opposition to Xeco’s technology is often based on the lack of understanding of how and why Xeco’s solution will save money and not disrupt the current operating environment.

To minimize the confusion or miscommunication during discussions with a prospective client’s engineer or electrician regarding PFC we recommend the following responses to the questions:

Question: Is Xeco’s solution power factor correction equipment?

Answer: Xeco’s technology will optimize the power factor in each facility, but PFC is just one of multiple benefits associated with the installation of Xeco’s solution.

Question: What is the difference between Xeco’s technology and other power factor correction equipment?

Answer: Power factor correction is only one of many benefits to be gained from the use of Xeco’s technology. The technology is all solid‐state electronics and was specifically designed to reduce harmonic distortion throughout the entire electrical network, optimize the flow of current, and improve the operating efficiency of all inductive loads. The result is a measurable and sustained reduction in the consumption and cost of electricity.

Question: How does Xeco’s solution reduce cost compare to power factor correction equipment?

Answer: Xeco’s technology will not only elevate the power factor in each facility and eliminate penalties, if appropriate, but it also optimizes the flow of current throughout an electrical network, stabilizes the voltage, and reduces kW and kWh by increasing the operating efficiency of all inductive loads thereby reducing the consumption and cost of electricity. Xeco’s technology requires no service or maintenance, and the useful life is projected to be twenty years.

Question: Can Xeco’s technology coexist with currently installed power factor correction equipment?

Answer: Xeco’s technology will not interfere with existing power factor correction equipment and there is no shutdown requirement during installation.

Question: Will Xeco’s equipment replace the capacitor bank currently used to control the power factor in a facility?

Answer: There is the possibility that the existing capacitor bank may be rendered unnecessary following the installation of Xeco’s technology. Xeco’s post installation testing process will indicate whether the capacitor bank should be decommissioned.