Electrical Engineering Asked on October 29, 2021
The electric company was working on the power lines for four days out in the woods, so they put our street on huge diesel generators (each was the size of a small car) that ran constantly to supply us with power. Everything worked fine, but I noticed some anomalies:
My roof solar panels were not working.
The clicking "igniter" on the gas range clicked faster than usual.
The microwave, when cooking, made a louder higher noise than usual.
So my question is: what was "wrong" with the power coming through the lines that distinguished it from what comes in normally? How did these appliances "know" something was odd? Was the Hz too fast?
It sounds like the voltage and frequency of the temporary generator power were both overly high.
There is no inherent reason why a portable generator should have consistently high (rather than low or just right) voltage and frequency — they're just not necessarily as rigorously controlled as the many interconnected grid power plants.
Answered by Kevin Reid on October 29, 2021
The standby mains voltage and frequency would not be as stable as the grid.Where would exported solar energy go if the neighbours were not drawing much power ?.The voltage waveform would probably have more harmonics present .This is why the power is not as good .Also the power is expensive to generate .
Answered by Autistic on October 29, 2021
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