What is the correction factor of the wattmeter at a lagging power factor?

(Where, φ is the phase angle between the voltage applied to the pressure coil and the current in the current coil and β is the angle between the voltage applied to the pressure coil and the current in the pressure coil.)

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Correction factor: The ratio of True reading (W t ) to Actual reading (W a ) is known as Correction factor of the wattmeter.

 W t =  

and, Wa = 

Where φ is the phase angle between the voltage applied to the pressure coil and the current in the current coil and β is the angle between the voltage applied to the pressure coil and the current in the pressure coil

Correction factor = 

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