[GTALUG] Transient Harmonics at home; was mysterious restarts

[Alvin Starr]

On 06/19/2016 12:52 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote:
>
> Here's a nice overview of common issues in balancing linear vs.
> non-linear loads at home. You wouldn't think your little cluster is
> part of the problem but it can be.
>
> https://www.mikeholt.com/technical-power-quality-harmonics.php
>
>

The article is a bit dated.
In the last decade or so server power supplies and high end UPSs have
been power factor corrected or made to look more like a linear load.
This has mostly been because of how power is metered and charged for.
Older switching supplies would end up with a power bill that was higher
than the actual power used.

So if you have a lot of lower end power supplies you could be paying for
more power than your actually using.



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