[time-nuts] Re: My AC measurement project & question

2022-01-23 Thread Hal Murray
kb...@n1k.org said: > If the transformer works well up to 600Hz, isn???t that high enough to capture > anything that actually is grid related (as opposed to local to your home / > neighborhood )? What's the frequency response of the transformer on the pole outside my house at the nearby

[time-nuts] Dense pressure data of the last 24h and the next 48h

2022-01-23 Thread Nigel gm8pzr via time-nuts
I was aware of the Tonga erruption, although not generally into seismology, but wonder if this might be of interest. https://www.qsl.net/rf-seismograph/ A project to add computer demodulation to a variety of commercial receivers/transceivers eventually morphed into an ongoing

[time-nuts] Re: My AC measurement project & question

2022-01-23 Thread Jeremy Nichols
A transformer may distort the waveform but that distortion should be constant, whereas a person monitoring line voltage at a particular location will be looking for changes with time. Effects of the transformer could be ignored, in that case. On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 8:33 AM Bob kb8tq wrote: >

[time-nuts] Re: My AC measurement project & question

2022-01-23 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi On a similar note: If the transformer works well up to 600Hz, isn’t that high enough to capture anything that actually is grid related (as opposed to local to your home / neighborhood )? One could easily argue that the other end is the pinch point. There may well be interesting things

[time-nuts] Re: My AC measurement project & question

2022-01-23 Thread Andy Talbot
But do you want to measure anything other than mains frequency? IF not, waveform distortion in immaterial. Or am I missing something here? My mains monitor uses an old wall wart with 9V rectified but unregulated DC out - 5V regulator on the display board. I added an extra wire to one side of

[time-nuts] Re: My AC measurement project & question

2022-01-23 Thread Dave B via time-nuts
On 23/01/2022 08:30, time-nuts-requ...@lists.febo.com wrote: Stick with the transformer. The use of a capacitive divider is predicated on the line waveform always being a sine wave. Dream on! All it takes is one good spike down the line, maybe only 20-30V amplitude, and your capacitive divider

[time-nuts] Re: Another reason to monitor line frequency :) - My AC measurement project & question

2022-01-23 Thread Wilko Bulte
A thought has just crossed my mind, not sure if the idea is valid or not. The idea is to re-purpose (parts of a) PLC network adapter. At the very least they can be a source of line voltage rated parts I'd think. But the low frequency characteristics make me wonder in this context, as PLC is in