Re: U.K Stereo moving to the US

In article <THgre.2831$EP2.14167@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Do Little2 <listed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Well, actually, our " little island ", as you so quaintly put it, is
> > actually connected to many millions of other users in mainland Europe,
> > to form a hedged power distribution system


> On this side of the pond "many millions" is not even close to 330
> million +.

So you think the population of Europe is tiny compared to the US?

> > which doesn't suffer from cascade
> > failure when the weather gets a bit cold, or major outages when the sun
> > flares a bit ... ; -)

> True, but think about the enormous length of the electricity network in
> the US and Canada compared to the UK. The UK (and that part of
> Europe that the UK could possible support) would easily fit about
> 10 times in Ontario alone....

It's an exchange scheme. Like all proper grids with multiple power
stations feeding them.

> Just out of curiosity: How many Megawatts of electricity is
> the UK capable of exporting before its own network collapses?

Dunno - it's never happened. The whole idea of a grid is that you share
power, so any fault is likely to be local. And in event of a grid failure,
the power may be routed in a different way.

FWIW, I can't remember an outage here in this part of London. Nor do I
have or need an UPS etc. Of course there are rural parts that still may
have problems due to overhead lines etc.

--
*Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

Dave Plowman dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx London SW
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