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Re:How to ramp up a factory consuming a lot of energy? by csours on Monday June 19, 2023 @02:24PM (#36394763)
Napkin math: Speed of light is 300,000 kilometers/second. At 60 hz, the wavelength would be 5,000 km. 1% of that would be 50 km.

Imagine a triangle with 2 generators 100km apart, and a factory almost due south of one generator:

ga ......... gb

__f

I think the offset would be something like sin(gb.f) - sin(ga.f)

But really this comment is bait for an EE to school me.

Here's a video of old school mercury arc rectifiers as payment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhaQqgXrMMU

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