[neonixie-l] Re: [OT] AC frequency deviation in Europe

[sonixie]

Same situation here in Italy. I have three nixie clocks around home, we 
realized that they were all delayed in late february. I told my wife that 
there is a tight control of the grid frequency and if they realize that 
they have given away too many pulses, they take them back. She could not 
believe me. Actually, she was right. We had never experienced delays like 
this. though. We were late at work because of this. Certainly 113 GWh 
sounds like a lot of missing energy. Makes you wonder whether this is a new 
kind of crime, stealing electric energy from power lines,  besides stealing 
oil from pipelines or copper from gutters, church roofs and electric 
wires...

Il giorno giovedì 8 marzo 2018 09:27:55 UTC+1, Paolo Cravero ha scritto:
>
> This info affects all clocks in Europe that derive their timebase from the 
> 50 Hz AC frequency.
>
> Last week I noticed my 20+ y.o. Sony Digicube was runnng late: we had 
> adjusted +4 minutes in a week. What bite my curiosity was that the 9 y.o. 
> microwave oven clock had the same delay. Initially I suspected an extra 
> load on the grid caused by the extra-cold weather Europe experienced in 
> week 9, but after a little investigation I found this:
>
>
> 
> https://www.entsoe.eu/news-events/announcements/announcements-archive/Pages/News/2018-03-06-press-release-continuing-frequency-deviation-in-the-continental-european-power-system.aspx
>
> (and the links in the FAQ at the bottom)
>
> Paolo
>
>

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[neonixie-l] Re: [OT] AC frequency deviation in Europe

[sonixie]

Same situation here in Italy. I have three nixie clocks around home, we 
realized that they were all delayed in late february. I told my wife that 
there is a tight control of the grid frequency and if they realize that 
they have given away too many pulses, they take them back. She could not 
believe me. Actually, she was right. We had never experienced delays like 
this. though. We were late at work because of this. Certainly 113 Wh sounds 
like a lot of missing energy. Makes you wonder whether this is a new kind 
of crime, stealing electric energy from power lines,  besides stealing oil 
from pipelines or copper from gutters, church roofs and electric wires...


Il giorno giovedì 8 marzo 2018 09:27:55 UTC+1, Paolo Cravero ha scritto:
>
> This info affects all clocks in Europe that derive their timebase from the 
> 50 Hz AC frequency.
>
> Last week I noticed my 20+ y.o. Sony Digicube was runnng late: we had 
> adjusted +4 minutes in a week. What bite my curiosity was that the 9 y.o. 
> microwave oven clock had the same delay. Initially I suspected an extra 
> load on the grid caused by the extra-cold weather Europe experienced in 
> week 9, but after a little investigation I found this:
>
>
> 
> https://www.entsoe.eu/news-events/announcements/announcements-archive/Pages/News/2018-03-06-press-release-continuing-frequency-deviation-in-the-continental-european-power-system.aspx
>
> (and the links in the FAQ at the bottom)
>
> Paolo
>
>

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