By monitoring the line voltage, frequency and power factor, you can check the quality of the electricity you are being charged for and yell at the utility for delivering a shoddy product if it is below specification (not that it will do you any good).
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Others cite a likely popular backlash against the military's return to power as a factor in favor of Wahid.
To the report's authors it has echoes of the late 1980s, when delegitimisation of state power was one factor that helped to bring on the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Ruddock guided Wales to the 2005 Grand Slam but his reign came to a sudden end midway through the 2006 Six Nations, with player power cited as a factor.
As China increases its power production by a factor of four over the next 20 years, that means it will need to add more coal plants to meet its goals and electricity demand.
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In this way, Ethernet evolved in tandem with improvements in computing power a factor that was largely overlooked by both critics and proponents when Ethernet was being pooh-poohed in the 1980s and early 1990s.
With its NVIDIA ION-based motherboard, the Pulse delivers the best graphics solution available for low-power, small form factor designs" says Drew Henry, general manager of the desktop GPU business unit at NVIDIA. "By adding the GeForce 9800 GT ECO, gamers can enjoy superior performance in a design that saves both energy and space.
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The Taliban's unholy alliance with opium smugglers, who also benefit from the government's loss of power, is another key factor in the Taliban's resurgence.
The star power has been a clear factor for the Raptors, who have gone 7-3 since trading for Memphis forward Rudy Gay (he had 32 points in Friday's victory over the Knicks).
The Chinese economy is set to become as large as that of the US by around 2016 when assessed in purchasing power parity terms, which factor in price differences between countries, it added.
The military element of national power has arguably been the dominant factor by which a nation assesses its relative strength among the community of nations.
"Witnesses commented that the political strength of the chancellor of the exchequer was one factor explaining the current power and influence of the Treasury, " said the report.
But he suspects Jaguar and BMW will be selling passenger models equipped with KERS long before Formula One has made its power-boosting technology a decisive factor in winning races.
Estimated first-year electricity cost before solar: These assumptions included base rates, fees and taxes, and factor in typical regional power loads, according to Heather Van Schoiack, spokeswoman at Clean Power Research.
The most rigorous estimate suggests that the average annual load factor of the UK wind power system is about 27%.
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One factor may be the enormous power of unions representing public employees.
Featuring a slim 7mm 2.5inch industry-standard form-factor, all capacities offer power-loss protection.
In the end, that might be the limiting factor, for not all power stations, oil refineries and so on are suitably located for biomanufacturing of this sort.
But a key factor is likely to be power systems.
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No other thin form factor tower houses as much power as Bolt because no other system can handle the type of bleeding edge hardware and overclocking that Bolt does.
The LED backlighting employed in all three new displays reduces the number and overall size of panel components for an attractive, slim form factor, while also minimizing power consumption when compared to previous CCFL panel monitors.
Capable of delivering 5-to-50 watts of power, the new wireless charging spots use the same form-factor as the thousands already employed in public venues ensuring universal compatibility, while charging devices of various power levels at up to 93% efficiency.
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Commercial and domestic combustion or burning was the next biggest contributing factor at 21% followed by power generation at 17.4% and industrial combustion at 17.3%.
There is another very important factor that helped our cause: the power of media attention.
"Today, our year-long vision of creating a 5mm thin hybrid hard drive in 2.5'' form factor with increased storage capacity and reduced power consumption at a lower cost for manufacturers has become a reality, " said Dr. Pantelis Alexopoulos, Executive Director of DSI.
The strongest factor in determining whether a company has staying power is user engagement.
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Utilizing the 7mm 2.5inch form-factor, the PX03AN series drives also offer power-loss protection.
And only the government could marshal that much harvesting power so the government is indeed a crucial factor in developing infrastructure.
The company's breakthrough solution, the Nectar Mobile Power System, delivers the only viable small form-factor battery replacement that provides the enormous run-time improvements demanded by today's CE devices.
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The electric power grid depends on metering perhaps more than any other single factor.
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