[time-nuts] Frequency deviations in Europe affect clocks

[Adrian Godwin]

There's a fairly thorough explanation here (especially the long article
that begins with a map)

https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/360328/serbia-kosovo-power-grid-row-delays-european-clocks-why


On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:26 AM, Bill Hawkins <bill.iaxs at pobox.com> wrote:

> Well, if you don't pay your bills, the power company can't afford the
> fuel required to keep up with demand.
> Stability of the system frequency requires a balance between supply and
> demand. If the demand exceeds supply then the generators must slow down.
> In a synchronous network, all generators must slow down to reduce strain
> on the network. If strain is exceeded, circuit breakers pop until the
> demand equals supply. So if a part of the network has to slow down from
> lack of fuel, then the entire network has to slow down to prevent
> popping circuit breakers until demand power equals supply.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Bill Hawkins
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of David
> G. McGaw
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2018 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Frequency deviations in Europe affect clocks
>
> Can someone please explain why not paying your bills causes the grid and
> therefore the clocks to slow down?  None of the reports, either for the
> technical or lay person, give a reason.
>
> David N1HAC
>
>
>
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