There's usually three wires feeding one's house. It's quite possible for just one of them to have a bad connection. If you are really unlucky the neutral will open, and overvoltage/undervoltage many appliances. The resulting fire cost a friend over $10K to repair and replace damaged appliances.
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 11:26 AM > From: "Bob kb8tq" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], "Discussion of precise time and frequency > measurement" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Power glitch - Sat morning > > Hi > > I agree that it shouldn’t be something that happens. That’s why half the house > going dark was a bit weird ….. > > Bob > > > On Mar 31, 2020, at 10:53 AM, Chris Caudle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, March 31, 2020 8:28 am, Bob kb8tq wrote: > >> If you have a two phase circuit, are both phases of interest? > > > > If you are referring to residential power, a single how would be single > > phase center-tapped, as far as I know you never get two phases to a single > > residence. The houses in a neighborhood may be split up among a high > > power three phase feed, and an industrial facility will have a three phase > > feed and have to balance the loads within the facility, but house wiring > > all assumes single phase (either half of the transformer secondary for > > 120V loads, or across the full winding for 240V loads). > > > > With that design I would expect there to only be as much difference > > between the two legs as you have difference in loading between the two > > halves of the transformer winding, since they share a common primary. > > > > -- > > Chris Caudle > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
