Power Quality Education

What are harmonics?

The invisible distortion in your electrical system that's inflating your power bill — and wearing out your equipment.

8%+
of your electric bill pays for electricity you never actually used.

Harmonics are waste baked into your power supply — invisible, constant, and completely preventable. Most facilities have no idea they're losing this much every single month.

Clean power vs. distorted power

Your facility was designed to run on clean, smooth 60Hz alternating current — a consistent sine wave. Harmonics are additional frequencies layered on top of that wave, created by modern electronic equipment converting AC power to DC.

The result is a distorted, noisy waveform. Your equipment still runs — but it works harder, runs hotter, draws more current, and demands more from your utility. You pay for all of it.

Between 35% and 60% of all electricity consumed today passes through devices that create harmonics. In a modern commercial or industrial facility, harmonic distortion is essentially guaranteed.

Clean Power — What You Should Have
Distorted Power — What Harmonics Cause

Your equipment is causing it.

Any device that converts AC power to DC power is a non-linear load — and a harmonic generator. In most facilities, they're everywhere.

🖥️Computers
❄️HVAC Systems
💡LED Lighting
🖨️Printers
📡Servers
🔌Device Chargers
🚪Automatic Doors
📷Cameras
🏥Diagnostic Equipment
🖥️Digital Displays
🛗Elevators
🌀Fans
🏥Imaging Devices
📺Televisions
🎙️PA Systems
📞Phone Systems
🏪POS Systems
🔋Power Backups
📽️Projectors
🧊Refrigerators
📶Routers
🔍Scanners
🔐Security Systems
☀️Solar Panels
🔊Speakers
📺Monitors
🌡️Sensors
🏠Smart Devices
🔔Alarm Systems
🔬Medical Devices
🔧Variable Drives
& Many More

Harmonics hurt your facility in three ways.

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Higher Energy Bills

Harmonics increase the total current drawn from the utility without doing any useful work. You're billed for that current anyway — meaning a portion of every electricity bill goes to waste you can't see, touch, or use.

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Shorter Equipment Life

Distorted power forces motors, compressors, and electronics to work harder than they should. Computers run hotter. HVAC systems break down sooner. LED lighting underperforms. Harmonics quietly accelerate wear across every piece of equipment in your building.

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Higher Maintenance Costs

The stress that harmonics put on electrical systems leads to more frequent failures, more service calls, and more panel-board maintenance. Facilities with high harmonic distortion can see maintenance costs that are significantly above industry norms.

Our harmonics device eliminates the problem at the source.

Vektor Energy's harmonics device is a passive filter installed directly on your electrical panel's neutral bus bar. It continuously absorbs harmonic current before it can travel through your system — cleaning your power without consuming any electricity of its own.

There's nothing to configure, monitor, or maintain. From the moment it's installed, it works silently around the clock.

  • Installed on the neutral bus bar — cannot damage any equipment
  • Passive — draws zero electricity to operate
  • UL-listed and U.S. Department of Energy certified
  • Results measured to ASHRAE 14 standards
  • Made in the USA
What changes after installation
Electric bill ↓ 10%+ average reduction
Maintenance costs ↓ up to 40% reduction
Equipment operating temp ↓ runs cooler
Equipment lifespan ↑ extended
Ongoing cost of device $0
Carbon footprint ↓ significant reduction

Find out how much your facility is wasting.

We'll conduct a free power quality assessment, measure harmonic distortion in your facility, and show you exactly what you stand to save.