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55 <br />v012423 <br />Filtering Harmonics Lowers Energy Consumption <br />Filtered Harmonics = Lower kWh Usage <br />Non-linear loads create distorted waveforms, <br />harmonics, which means the current is no <br />longer perfectly aligned with the voltage. <br />This distortion causes more of the total power <br />to be wasted rather than used effectively, <br />lowering the overall power factor. <br />The system becomes less efficient, requiring <br />more power to do the same work.