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To: Carry_Okie
No, frequency. Picture those big rotating generators straining like mules to pull all those electrons out to your house. They normally do it 60 times per second, but when they get bogged down to 59.2, they will have to be shot.

Keep in mind that the entire grid is rotating in synch.

Say, I just e-mailed the Cal-ISO and asked them why no stage III or II. Why doesn't someone contact one of these jokers or jokerettes?

Cal ISO Communications Department
General Media Line: 888-516-NEWS
On-Call Pager: (916) 815-2249
FAX: (916) 608-7237

Stephanie McCorkle
Director of Communications

Direct Line: (916) 351-2238
Pager: (916) 814-1699
E-Mail: smccorkle@caiso.com

Lorie O'Donley
Public Information Officer

Direct Line: (916) 608-7179
Pager: (916) 828-1428
E-Mail: lodonley@caiso.com

Gregg Fishman
Public Information Officer

Direct Line: (916) 608-7076
Pager: (916) 449-0920
E-Mail: gfishman@caiso.com

Kristina Werst
Communications Assistant

Direct Line: (916) 608-7237
E-Mail: kwerst@caiso.com


68 posted on 07/09/2002 5:34:56 PM PDT by snopercod
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To: snopercod
How long does it take to turn around one of those big generators? THere can't be enpough reserve capacity, well, obviously, to allow for the cycling of good unit sfor bad.

Oh man.

69 posted on 07/09/2002 5:38:38 PM PDT by Benrand
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To: snopercod
Picture those big rotating generators straining like mules to pull all those electrons out to your house. They normally do it 60 times per second, but when they get bogged down to 59.2, they will have to be shot.

I understood that. I was talking about the inductance in the armature windings being the reason for the criticality.

Can you see when one of the generators has a hiccough or starts to lug in a scope trace or is the back EMF enough to keep them all in synch until one overheats?

70 posted on 07/09/2002 5:39:23 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
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