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Re: How can such a small device -- a wrist watch -- receive

Michael A. Terrell

2007-07-04, 12:33 pm

Jim - NN7K wrote:
>
> ! BTW, THAT signal is also used to sync
> generators on the Power Grid (wonder what
> would happen in a power co got even 1%
> out of phase? Answer: Meltdown!

No, if they are trying to run too fast, the current output will
increase, and the paower plant's breakers will disconnect it from the
grid. If it slows down, it will draw current, and become a motor. The
only "meltdown" is the customer's. If too many generators go off line
there is a massive brown out, or blackout.

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