motor power factor Home › Electrical Engineering Forum › General Discussion › motor power factor This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 5 months ago by AWESOMEFLINT. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) Author Posts 2012/06/10 at 1:44 pm #10840 AnonymousGuest WHy certain motor name plate has lower power factor like .4 pf any advantage I have a motot at .4 pf, 575 V, 23 hp ,59 Amps, sf 1, 3 phase, 60 hz. What should be the overload load setting and what should be the size of circuit breaker regards 2012/06/14 at 8:10 am #12987 AWESOMEFLINTParticipant Hey, Its just low powerfactor = More efficiency !! which implies to less power loss and low industrial cost for electricity ! Author Posts Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In