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Substation Equipment: Capacitor Bank
 
Capacitor Bank
Capacitors are used to control the level of the voltage supplied to the customer by reducing or eliminating the voltage drop in the system caused by inductive reactive loads.

Figure 1. Capacitor bank, end view
Figure 1. Capacitor bank, end view 		Figure 2. Capacitor bank, side view
Figure 2. Capacitor bank, side view
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