All time sync solutions are not created equal. In this White Paper Tekron International's time sync guru, Brian Smellie outlines in simple terms the common approaches and pitfalls when designing or specifying time sync for your network control equipment. Download the White Paper here.
The Northern Hemisphere was shocked in 2003 when multiple blackouts occured. Two common themes have emerged following the blackout events.
Read more in this article by Geoff Vaughan from HV Power (PDF 217kb).
To learn how installations with poor isolation are compromised click here
Hear how Transpower, the national electricity grid operator in New Zealand, began an upgrade of protection systems in 2000 with the rollout of GPS clocks in all of their 180 substations. To meet the accuracy demands of new protection technology, as well as the unique requirement for balanced, isolated outputs they chose Tekron GPS clocks and the Tekron time sync solution. (PDF 300kb)
The Northern Hemisphere was shocked in 2003 when multiple blackouts occured. Two common themes have emerged following the blackout events.
Read more in this article by Geoff Vaughan from HV Power (PDF 217kb).
For information on recent implementations of GPS clocks read the Tekron Newsletter "Precision Times".