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To: Celtic Conservative

Removing the load from a generator can cause a voltage spike that exceeds the dialectric $trength of the insulation .The resulting arc then damages the insulation allowing more current which causes more damage .....


55 posted on 03/11/2019 3:28:53 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: hoosierham

Somebody called it a “ load rejection event”. Basically, a cascading catastrophic failure?

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89 posted on 03/11/2019 7:29:47 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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