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Originally Posted by Besoeker
The input for the CFLs is just one example of equipment that takes non-sinusoidal current from the supply. Computers, televisions, anything using SMPS does similar things.
The result is that they pollute the electrical supply.
You then need to add equipment to mitigate the effects.
Progress is rarely without some pain.
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Oh ain't THAT the truth!
I remember some years ago a sub station in a building in Manchester "doing a hooley" simply because of the huge nuber of switch mode power supplies and flo lights in use had screwed the power facter to hell and beyond.