Diane Bruce VA3DB

And you thought we had it bad with impedance matching...

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A Static VAR Compensator (SVC) is a shunt connected static VAR generator or absorber in which control of certain power system parameters are achieved by exchanging

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Show threadOnno (VK6FLAB)Jun 28, 2024
@va3db impedance matching, try grounding 😇
Show threadDiane Bruce VA3DBJun 28, 2024
@vk6flab It was a grounding problem that took down the power grid here in Canada because of a CME 1989. The induced currents travelled through the wires of the grid rather than the rock in this area. Grounding problem. 🙂