Data Quality | Why Communications Between Devices Fail
Data Quality | Device Communications Data quality communications are the critical path for power monitoring systems to function properly. Device communications are only as good as the hardware, firmware, protocols, and physical wiring between these devices and the server. The old adage “garbage in equals garbage out” is very true. Understanding the reasons causing your […]
10 Power Quality Terms and What They Mean?
What is Power Quality? Power Quality has various definitions. For instance, a technical definition, based on the voltage/amperage/distortion of the sinusoidal waveforms in an alternating current system. As well as, a supplier management definition, which usually applied to a utility supplier by a customer. While utilities don’t usually talk to their customers about providing a […]
Short Circuit, Coordination, and Arc Flash – Electrical Studies & Why You Need Them?
Why do I need short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies? And what are they?
Long Voltage Sag in San Francisco Bay Area
Voltage Sag in San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 at 6:46:37 AM – Most of the San Francisco Bay area experienced a long duration voltage sag this morning. For instance, in this most recent Power Quality event, the grid voltage sagged to 77% of normal for 47.16 cycles, or about 1/2 of a […]
2020 Power Quality: Why is it so much worse?
Power Quality impacts doubled in 2020 over previous years. Here’s why, and what you can do about it.
Why is Power Quality Important to Me?
Why is power quality important? Electricity is a force. The human eye cannot see it, under normal conditions. It moves swiftly upon grids of electrical wires to apply force to illuminate spaces, rotate motors, power electrical and electronic instruments. Moreover, we expect the electricity we receive from our utility to be available at a constant and predicted value. In […]
Voltage Sag | August 16, 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Voltage Sag Event Sunday, August 16 at 7:44:54 AM a large portion of the San Francisco Bay area experienced a major voltage sag throughout the region. Grid voltage sagged to 56% of normal for 10.02 cycles, about 1/6 of a second. The cause of the event remains unknown at this time. RECIPE Analytics captured this incident. […]
Heat Wave Results in Rolling Power Outages AGAIN
August 2020 CA Heat Wave Results in statewide rolling power outages
Energy Charge vs. Demand: Understanding Your Electric Bill
Energy Charge vs. Demand If you are like me, when you have received an electric bill, you look at it and wonder how did they get this number? Once you start to review the statement, you often are met with symbols and words that don’t quite explain what things are. Two words I often see […]
June 27, 2020 @ 2:03 AM South Bay Area experienced a voltage sag.
On Saturday 6/27/2020 2:03 AM the South Bay area experienced a voltage sag throughout the region. Grid voltage sagged to 78% for 12.96 cycles, about 1/10 of a second. This incident was captured by Recipe Analytics. Customers reported no impact from this power quality event only on Customers reported impact from this power quality event only on their sensitive loads […]