[time-nuts] Power glitch - Sat morning

[Mark Spencer]

Yes that makes sense.  I suppose from a power quality perspective there might be some benefit in monitoring all three phases but probably not from a time nuts point of view.  

(I recall that correct wiring of the phases / phase rotation was very important vis a vis backup power sources for data centres.)

Mark Spencer

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> On Apr 1, 2020, at 10:53 AM, Adrian Godwin <artgodwin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 6:49 PM Arnold Tibus <arnold.tibus at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>>> If so would there be any benefit to monitoring the frequency of each
>> phase ?
>> 
>> No, because the 3 phases are generated and provided via 3phase
>> transformers in the village together (fixed 120°)!
> The effect on a large machine if the 3 phases in the motor were not
> synchronous isn't pleasant to consider.
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