Active Power flows into the load
Reactive Power flows into the
source
Active Power flows into the source
Reactive Power flows into the load
Quadrant1
Quadrant2
Quadrant3 Quadrant4
-P (Watts)
-Q (Vars)
-PF
+P (Watts)
-Q (Vars)
+PF
+P (Watts)
+Q (Vars)
+PF
-P (Watts)
+Q (Vars)
-PF
"Reverse" current lags voltage
"Reverse" current leads voltage
current leads voltage
current lags voltage