On Jun 25, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Jason Roysdon wrote:
On 06/25/2011 07:49 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
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From: "Jussi Peltola" <pelzi@pelzi.net>
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 06:29:14PM -0400, Jay Ashworth wrote:
This is gonna be fun, no?
If your definition of fun is spending a year watching an old microwave clock lose or gain a few minutes.
I don't see how this has anything to do with syncing two generators. The grid is in sync, and if the frequency of the grid changes (as it does all the time) it will stay in sync. It has nothing to do with the absolute frequency.
Perhaps I read the piece incorrectly, but it certainly sounded to *me* like the part that was hard was not hitting 60.00, but *staying in sync with others*...
Cheers, -- jra
Generators all stay in sync. Generator owners have expensive devices that sync the phase before the generator is connected to the grid. Once a generator is connected to the gird, it will stay in sync - in fact that is why they have the expensive devices to make sure that they are in sync before they connect them, as if they are not, it will instantly jump to being in sync, which may destroy the generator.
As a matter of fact, it may destroy the generator, the housing, the building, the damn, and more. An out-of-sync generator becomes a motor until it is in sync. lt can be a graphic and dramatic event. Owen