Up to 45%
of an industrial bill is demand charges, which poor correction inflates
Augos measures your PF in real time, combining the data with in-depth reporting, bespoke threshold alerts, automated schedules and AI-assisted insights, to transform it from an invisible fire risk into a real energy asset.
It's the box in the plant room nobody thinks about, fitted years ago and assumed fine ever since. With no live data on it, you're trusting that it still works, and paying if it doesn't.
You're trusting it works. A bank that's quietly stopped correcting looks no different to one that's fine.
Capacitor and power-factor know-how is specialist, and there's rarely anyone in-house who owns it.
You're unable to put a number on what good power factor saves, or what poor power factor costs, so it rarely gets attention.
A blown capacitor or fuse just stops. You only find out months later, once the bill has crept up.
PFC Sentinel turns power factor from a blind spot into a managed asset. It measures continuously, puts a number on it, and acts the moment correction slips, with our experts behind it.
Power factor and demand measured every minute, capturing the exact peak that sets your bill. No more annual guesswork.
Triggers and automated schedules act the moment correction slips, so problems are caught and handled, not discovered on the bill.
Specialists who survey, size, repair and maintain your correction: the expertise you don't have to hire.
It all runs for you, so power factor stops being a job on your list and becomes something you never think about.
Augos provides a short path to lasting results, removing the need for on-site expertise and power-factor knowledge.
Metering at your supply, capturing power factor and demand at 1-minute resolution.
The platform shows what it's costing you in demand charges, and the correction your site needs.
Our team surveys your site, sizes what you need, and repairs your existing system or installs a new one.
PFC Sentinel watches it around the clock, and the moment it slips, it raises the alert and gets it put right.
Correcting power factor cuts your billed kVA, so the demand-charge portion of every bill comes down.
What it's costing you and what you'd save, shown as real numbers, so power factor finally has a value you can act on.
A failing bank can overheat, damage equipment, even catch fire. Watched and maintained, that risk is no longer yours to carry unknowingly.
Lower kVA frees headroom on your supply, room to add load or defer a costly upgrade.
A failed capacitor or fuse is caught in days, not discovered on next year's bill.
Monitoring, alerts and maintenance handled for you, so correction keeps working without you chasing it.
Source · NERSA tariff structures and power-factor correction studies · figures typical, vary by site and tariff
Source · Augos customer case studies · figures as published
Set your numbers. At a power factor of 0.8, you're paying for kVA you don't use, month after month.
That figure is your exposure. Augos measures it, proves what it's costing, and gives you the path to correct it, then keeps it corrected.
Indicative · demand is billed on kVA, which poor power factor inflates · excludes the separate reactive-energy penalty
You need metering to measure power factor and demand. The correction work is scoped to your site, and we can do it or work alongside your contractor.
CTs and installation materials may be required to complete the hardware install.
Correction units are quoted on the kVAr required
Power factor is one of a full suite of reports and tools in the Augos Energy Intelligence platform, all included. Start here; the rest is ready when you need it.
For the technically minded. Every figure on this page traces back to the Augos Nova, a billing-accuracy meter, independently calibrated and traceable to national standards.
Power factor correction is a degrading asset. A blown fuse, failed capacitor or stuck contactor stops it working, and nothing tells you until your demand charges quietly climb. We monitor it continuously and catch the failure in days.
It depends on the design and condition. Some older capacitor types carry higher inherent risk; beyond that, heating cycles and ageing contactors can loosen connections, and harmonics can overload cables. Monitoring and regular inspection catch these signs early, before they become a hazard.
A spot reading is largely meaningless. What drives the cost is your power factor at the half-hour of peak demand, and we measure exactly there, not at a random moment.
Both. We survey, size, supply, install, repair and maintain your power factor correction, or work alongside your own contractor if you prefer.
A trigger fires when power factor drops below the threshold while load is high, so you are alerted before the billing cycle closes, not after.
Yes. Poor power factor inflates billed kVA, so correcting it lowers your demand charges, not just the reactive-energy penalty.
A survey is R3,450 ex VAT per LV panel. Repairs and new power factor correction are quoted to the work and the kVAr your site needs.
Book a demo and we'll show you how Sentinel measures, quantifies and manages power factor.