On 03/14/2015 06:57 AM, Russell Reiter wrote: > > Toronto's polyphase grid is a clusterfuck as it is implemented > today. For myself, I don't see hydro dropping voltage on two legs > of the residential grid in order to test a highly computerized > streetcar. > > > I can see them frequency stepping the power at the isolation nodes > of the CNE grounds before converting to DC power. You don't have > to touch the whole grid, just the parts attached to the DC > inverter. Kind of a pre-wash cycle in power laundry. >
I don't know where you get your ideas, but an inverter is used to convert DC to AC. A rectifier is used to convert AC to DC. > It was the multiple wi fi fields generated when I fired up several > devices concurrently which i think toasted the hair dryer. This is a > known effect. I have since found out that it is only modern gfi > outlets which have sensitivity enough in their measurements of the > scope of the surge to counter this effect. Older units in fact can > compound it. Now you're talking nonsense. If WiFi has any effect on a GFI, it would cause it to trip, killing the power to the dryer. It is simply not capable of damaging it. WiFi runs at about the same frequency as a microwave oven. If it was transmitting enough power to damage a hair dryer, it would also be enough power to cook you! Do you even know what a Ground Fault Interupter (GFI) does? It detects when the current in the hot & neutral wires does not balance, indicating a possibly hazardous leakage. It then interrupts the power to remove the hazard. That is all it does. It cannot damage a hair dryer, WiFi fields or not. --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
