Mark How about the secondary winding of a power transformer - just insulate the primary wires well, they will have high volts on them. Add resistance in series and parallel to get the load value you need. Otherwise a long term approach would be to customise a pf correction circuit to give yourself the pf you need. Would take a bit of work though. RP. On 31 August 2010 04:12, Mark Scoville wrote: >> >> The load needs to draw 11.6A from 24Vac and have a 0.35 power >> factor. I have >> constructed some test loads to try, using contactors and such, but I don= 't >> seem to have an inductive enough load. The contactors I have tried give = a >> phase shift of around 58 to 61 degrees... I believe the 0.35PF implies a >> shift of 69.5 degrees.... so I'm not inductive enough. > > Forgot to mention the frequency is 60Hz. > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .