Re: Speedy clocks - why?

From: John Larkin (jjlarkin_at_highlandSNIPtechTHISnologyPLEASE.com)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:09:08 -0700

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:58:57 GMT, rdbarone@shaw.ca (Ralph & Diane
Barone) wrote:

>In article <cb94to$aoc$06$1@news.t-online.com>,
>Stefan Heinzmann <stefan_heinzmann@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Jan Panteltje wrote:
>>
>>> On a sunny day (Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:08:19 -0400) it happened Boris Mohar
>>> <borism_-void-_@sympatico.ca> wrote in
>>> <335fd0p4fe3sojvi99p96siaosbfokemag@4ax.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://www.saultstar.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentID=70613&catname=Local+News
>>>
>>> Looks like generator not at 60Hz, but running fast?
>>> Are they not locked to an other grid?
>>> Why do they not mention frequency?
>>> Strange.
>>> 10 minutes in 24 Hours is 600 / 24 x 3600 6.9E-3 should be 60.41Hz
>>> Did I goof on the math? Probably.
>>
>>As several people here have noted the fault is blatantly obvious: The
>>power station failed to control the mains frequency properly. What
>>strikes me is the apparent cluelessness or incompetence of the power
>>station staff. I can sort of accept that their spokesman has no clue and
>>utters the usual bull***, but their engineers at least ought to have an
>>idea what they are dealing with.
>>
>>I hope this is not an indication of the general state of affairs in US
>>power stations...
>>
>>--
>>Cheers
>>Stefan
>
>I sincerely doubt that Sault St Marie is located in a non-integrated
>portion of the power system. Now perhaps Hydro One was doing some sort of
>transmission maintenance, temporarily islanded that area and did a lousy
>job of regulating the frequency, but I'm still betting on a harmonic
>resonance in that area.
>

The critical question is whether synchronous-motor-type clocks gained
time, or only electronic ones.

John

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