On Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:14:18 -0000, FromTheRafters wrote:

James Wilkinson Sword wrote :
On Thu, 08 Dec 2016 11:34:58 -0000, Neill Massello
wrote:

Robert Green wrote:

I recently learned that in a room of grandfather clocks, they will
(mostly)
all eventually synchronize. Can you guess why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v5eBf2KwF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaxw4zbULMs

Enjoy.

Cool! I guess this is similar to all the generators on the national grid
staying in phase. Although they're connected more strongly.

This doesn't happen naturally as far as I know. I had to use a
synchroscope to nearly match to the grid phase before attaching to the
grid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchr...nating_current)

I meant STAYING in phase. You do need to get them pretty close to begin with, or huge currents would flow when you connect.

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