There's a fairly thorough explanation here (especially the long article that begins with a map)
https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/360328/serbia-kosovo-power-grid-row-delays-european-clocks-why On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:26 AM, Bill Hawkins <bill.i...@pobox.com> wrote: > Well, if you don't pay your bills, the power company can't afford the > fuel required to keep up with demand. > Stability of the system frequency requires a balance between supply and > demand. If the demand exceeds supply then the generators must slow down. > In a synchronous network, all generators must slow down to reduce strain > on the network. If strain is exceeded, circuit breakers pop until the > demand equals supply. So if a part of the network has to slow down from > lack of fuel, then the entire network has to slow down to prevent > popping circuit breakers until demand power equals supply. > > Hope that helps, > Bill Hawkins > > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of David > G. McGaw > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2018 11:01 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Frequency deviations in Europe affect clocks > > Can someone please explain why not paying your bills causes the grid and > therefore the clocks to slow down? None of the reports, either for the > technical or lay person, give a reason. > > David N1HAC > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.