On Jun 15, 2016 3:46 PM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
<snip> Another power out here by the Dufferin gates just before 6am. Was anyone else hit? Again it was just a couple of minutes, but this season is hitting new milestones.
Russell Reiter wrote:
Had another power out at my building.
I think I was hit by that one this morning too, and I'm in the east end.
… I kind of like the view down ft Roulle st and watching the windmill. I resist the temptation to attribute any of the electrical anomalies I have experienced to it's operations
As a director (again) of that project, I'm glad you like it, and I appreciate that you're not blaming your outages on it. I'd be more likely to attribute them to the Strachan substation, which is under colossal pressure from all the new condo builds. The city is trying to build a relief line and new substation capacity, but getting past objections is tough.
The wind turbine has a rather nice AC (variable frequency)-DC-AC (60 Hz) inverter. I imagine the new streetcars have something similar.
On DC, New York retired its last DC infrastructure only a few years ago. The very last few DC customers now have rectifiers installed in their basements, but are still charged the absurdly high DC metering price for their power. I'm led to believe these are heritage buildings with historic elevators and lighting which can't be replaced and remain within code without tearing everything out.
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