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{{definition|A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. <ref>Steven Warren Blume ''Electric power system basics: for the nonelectrical professional''. John Wiley & Sons, 2007 ISBN 0470129875 p. 199</ref>}}
 
{{definition|A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. <ref>Steven Warren Blume ''Electric power system basics: for the nonelectrical professional''. John Wiley & Sons, 2007 ISBN 0470129875 p. 199</ref>}}
Intentional brownouts are used for load reduction in a grid emergency, often in a round-robin basis for areas during the period of emergency.
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<big>Intentional brownouts are used for load reduction in a grid emergency, often in a round-robin basis for areas during the period of emergency.</big>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 08:57, 16 September 2014

Definitions

A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. [1]

Intentional brownouts are used for load reduction in a grid emergency, often in a round-robin basis for areas during the period of emergency.

See also

Notes

  1. Steven Warren Blume Electric power system basics: for the nonelectrical professional. John Wiley & Sons, 2007 ISBN 0470129875 p. 199