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Power factor is a measure of the ratio between the "True Power" and the "Apparent Power" of a system.

THe variation from unity arises from the effect of certain components (namely capacitors and inductors) on an AC waveform, causing a phase shift between the current and the voltage.

As a DC supply does not suffer from these reactive losses there is no reactive power and the current and voltage are always "in phase".

With a phase angle of 0 degrees, the power factor is the cosine of the angle... cos 0 = 1 therefore unity power factor!

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