Re:Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extr...
by gk1 on Thursday October 31, 2013 @02:45AM
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> as the load changes on the grid it will actually slow down and then speed back up when people turn off their devices at night.
When I sailed on ships we knew not to use alarm clocks that plug into an outlet, because the load on the ship's generators is always changing, thus making plug-in alarm clocks less dependable than wrist watches.
Re:Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extr...
by X-Istence on Thursday October 31, 2013 @01:31PM
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This is also the reason why a lot of clocks like that won't work on inverters that convert 12 VDC to 120 VAC since any load and most of them fall below spec.
When I sailed on ships we knew not to use alarm clocks that plug into an outlet, because the load on the ship's generators is always changing, thus making plug-in alarm clocks less dependable than wrist watches.