10/02/2026
Power factor mattersāespecially when it starts costing your customers money or putting equipment at risk.
Our own industry expert, Fred Kreusch, gets into the details in an article featured by the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES). Fred leads business development for Surge Protection and Voltage Monitoring Technologies at RectorSeal and brings more than 30 years of power quality know-how to the conversation.
He breaks down what contractors should watch for, why utility penalties can come into play, and how better power quality can help protect equipment and keep callbacks off the schedule.
Read more here: https://rses.org/news/735939/Power-Factor-and-the-Bottom-Line.htm
The power factor measurement must be maintained at a specific threshold to avoid customers having to pay penalties to electric utilities, and to avoid early equipment breakdown.