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    Wattless current refers to the component of alternating current that does not contribute to the true power in a circuit. There are two components to AC - the active or wattful current that delivers true power, and the idle or wattless current that does not contribute to the working of the circuit. The wattless current is 90 degrees out of phase with the voltage and represents the reactive power, while the true power is represented by the component of current in phase with the voltage. Because only the in-phase current contributes to true power, the true power is always less than the apparent power in a circuit.

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    Wattless current refers to the component of alternating current that does not contribute to the true power in a circuit. There are two components to AC - the active or wattful current that delivers true power, and the idle or wattless current that does not contribute to the working of the circuit. The wattless current is 90 degrees out of phase with the voltage and represents the reactive power, while the true power is represented by the component of current in phase with the voltage. Because only the in-phase current contributes to true power, the true power is always less than the apparent power in a circuit.

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    Wattless current refers to the component of alternating current that does not contribute to the true power in a circuit. There are two components to AC - the active or wattful current that delivers true power, and the idle or wattless current that does not contribute to the working of the circuit. The wattless current is 90 degrees out of phase with the voltage and represents the reactive power, while the true power is represented by the component of current in phase with the voltage. Because only the in-phase current contributes to true power, the true power is always less than the apparent power in a circuit.

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    Wattless Current

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    Wattless current refers to the component of alternating current that does not contribute to the true power in a circuit. There are two components to AC - the active or wattful current that delivers true power, and the idle or wattless current that does not contribute to the working of the circuit. The wattless current is 90 degrees out of phase with the voltage and represents the reactive power, while the true power is represented by the component of current in phase with the voltage. Because only the in-phase current contributes to true power, the true power is always less than the apparent power in a circuit.

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    Wattless Current

    Before discussing precisely about what is actually watt less current,


    we need to focus on a very important term related to an a-c circuit, called power factor.

    Whenever a voltmeter or an ammeter or both connected to an a-c


    circuit, they show the value of input potential difference (voltmeter) and current (ammeter).
    However the values shown by them are actually the virtual values, not true values at all and
    their product would only give us the value of apparent power in that a-c circuit. It won’t give us
    the true power due to the applied potential difference and current.

    If E vand I v are the virtual values of potential difference and current


    respectively then,

    Apparent power=E v × I v .

    True power available to the circuit is given by,

    True power=E v I v cos ϕ .

    Where cos ϕ is called the power factor. And ϕ is the phase difference
    between potential difference and current.

    true power
    ∴ cos ϕ=
    apparent power

    Since cos ϕ is always less than one (except in case of pure inductance
    pure capacitance), true power in the concerned circuit is always less than the apparent power.

    Vector diagram
    Wattless Current

    As shown in the figure e .m . f . E 0∧current I 0 have a phase difference of


    ϕ between them and the current lags behind the e .m . f . If we resolve the current into
    its rectangular components we get,

    I. Component I 0 cos ϕ along OA. This component is called


    as active or wattful current. This component delivers true
    power in the circuit.
    II. Component I 0 sin ϕ along OB. This component is called
    idle or wattles or reactive component of current. Power
    corresponding to this current does not contribute
    towards the working of the circuit. This is the reason why
    true power is less than apparent power.

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