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01/08/2011 10:00 AM

why do we mention frequency and voltage in case of power distribution specification?

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Re: dsdr

01/08/2011 10:06 AM

Because that makes more sense than mentioning air speed and altitude.

Is there really a question here?

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Re: DSDR

01/08/2011 3:47 PM

Because :-

  1. Voltage too low - customers lamps go dim etc.
  2. Voltage too high - customers lamps go very bright then fail etc.
  3. Frequency too low (voltage normal, or worse, high) - customers' transformers overheat. Most motors run slower in proportion to frequency.
  4. Frequency too high (voltage normal, or worse, low) - Motor driven loads like fans and pumps run faster (% increase in load is twice increase in frequency e.g 5% frequency increase causes 10% load increase) and can be overloaded.
  5. Everything "AC mains" electrical you buy is designed to work at nameplate voltages and frequencies with small variation from them. If distribution voltage/frequency were not coordinated with that, many would not work well or fail quickly.
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Re: DSDR

01/09/2011 2:20 PM

Adjusted to be relevant to "power distribution system", meaning the ENTIRE transmission system used by utilities.

  1. Voltage too low - Nothing works, everything eventually burns up
  2. Voltage too high - Everything explodes, then nothing works
  3. Frequency too low (voltage normal, or worse, high) - ALL transformers overheat. AC motors run slower in proportion to frequency, DC power supplies may not care.
  4. Frequency too high (voltage normal, or worse, low) - Motor driven loads like fans and pumps run faster (% increase in load is twice increase in frequency e.g 5% frequency increase causes 10% load increase) and can be overloaded.
  5. Everything "AC mains" electrical you buy is designed to work at nameplate voltages and frequencies with small variation from them. If distribution voltage/frequency were not coordinated with that, many would not work well or fail quickly.
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Re: DSDR

01/10/2011 4:01 PM

Entirely true. Do not search for DSDR to find where the question came from...

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