Timeline for What is the effect on power grid when utilization goes down some threshold?
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| Apr 20, 2020 at 22:34 | comment | added | Transistor | Yes, incandescent light bulbs, heaters, cookers are resistors. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 22:31 | comment | added | Ravindra HV | @Transistor - Is resistance considered as load as well ? | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 22:30 | comment | added | Ravindra HV | @Transistor - Ok. Do remember that one now. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 7:19 | comment | added | Transistor | No, in electrical engineering load refers to the devices being powered. Lights, heaters, cookers, motors, TV, computers, etc., are all electrical loads. | |
| Apr 19, 2020 at 23:19 | comment | added | Ravindra HV | @Transistor - Thanks. When I said load, I meant 'potential' / 'voltage'. Guess typically 'load' would refer to the flow of electricity (current) and not the potential voltage. | |
| Apr 6, 2020 at 23:35 | answer | added | skvery | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 6, 2020 at 6:41 | comment | added | Transistor | If you switch off the light in your kitchen will your house supply be overloaded and stall because the power lines will eventually be saturated and achieve the same potential as that of the generator? (No.) If you switch off your torch/flashlight will the battery be overloaded and stall because the power lines will eventually be saturated and achieve the same potential as that of the battery? (No.) Switching off stuff reduces the load on a generator or battery. | |
| Apr 6, 2020 at 0:28 | history | edited | SamGibson♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 5, 2020 at 20:17 | comment | added | Ravindra HV | That was my guess. Why is it fictional? | |
| Apr 5, 2020 at 20:16 | vote | accept | Ravindra HV | ||
| Apr 5, 2020 at 14:47 | answer | added | user80875 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 5, 2020 at 14:36 | comment | added | Andy aka | I'm looking for an explanation that can be understood by a layman - for engineers there's an explanation. For laymen you'll just have to wait and see. Did you read this: Specifically, will the generator be overloaded and stall because the powerlines will eventually be saturated and achieve the same potential as that of the generator (given that energy flows from a source of higher potential to that of a lower potential)? in a science fiction book? | |
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| Apr 5, 2020 at 13:58 | history | asked | Ravindra HV | CC BY-SA 4.0 |