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Re:Tesla PowerWall 2 Hack by amluto on Saturday November 23, 2019 @12:58AM (#21612720)
Would a better long term fix be to upgrade grid hardware such that it can survive an inadvertent largish island?

Sometimes I think that a DC grid would be better. Issues like frequency synchronization wouldn’t exist.

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Re:Tesla PowerWall 2 Hack by Denvercoder9 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @06:49AM (#21613657)
A DC grid is likely better nowadays, but we're stuck with the historic AC grid. Most of the problems DC faced back in the war of currents have been solved by solid state technology.
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Re:Tesla PowerWall 2 Hack by londons_explore on Saturday November 23, 2019 @03:12AM (#21613041)
To reconnect a powered island to the main grid, one needs to match frequency and phase with it.

There is currently no way to control the frequency or phase of the island.

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