On 03/14/2015 06:57 AM, Russell Reiter wrote:
Toronto's polyphase grid is a clusterfuck as it is implemented today. For myself, I don't see hydro dropping voltage on two legs of the residential grid in order to test a highly computerized streetcar.
I can see them frequency stepping the power at the isolation nodes of the CNE grounds before converting to DC power. You don't have to touch the whole grid, just the parts attached to the DC inverter. Kind of a pre-wash cycle in power laundry.
I don't know where you get your ideas, but an inverter is used to convert DC to AC. A rectifier is used to convert AC to DC.
It was the multiple wi fi fields generated when I fired up several devices concurrently which i think toasted the hair dryer. This is a known effect. I have since found out that it is only modern gfi outlets which have sensitivity enough in their measurements of the scope of the surge to counter this effect. Older units in fact can compound it.
Now you're talking nonsense. If WiFi has any effect on a GFI, it would cause it to trip, killing the power to the dryer. It is simply not capable of damaging it. WiFi runs at about the same frequency as a microwave oven. If it was transmitting enough power to damage a hair dryer, it would also be enough power to cook you! Do you even know what a Ground Fault Interupter (GFI) does? It detects when the current in the hot & neutral wires does not balance, indicating a possibly hazardous leakage. It then interrupts the power to remove the hazard. That is all it does. It cannot damage a hair dryer, WiFi fields or not.