Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Grand Apagon - Electricity (not) in Spain Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 11:24:13 +0100 Organization: Poppy Records Lines: 15 Message-ID: <1rbnjc2.1s4iyckw2lhb0N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> References: X-Trace: individual.net A2ZezxRIbxVFm3B8943wqAgZ/1Djjq14pChIRR4F6p4Xe97UU7 X-Orig-Path: liz Cancel-Lock: sha1:kHRogs2nCUEn4kiItSwdhy99rUs= sha256:vxOl53DlhEs9kqDJSg22peLm1crmS5uXYWAxhobPsY8= User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.4.6 Bytes: 1254 Chris Jones wrote: > There is nothing magic about the current from a rotating generator that > cannot be exactly replicated by an inverter ... Inertia. Not magic but physics. A store of energy that can be drawn on instantly for several seconds. Only an inverter with a massive energy storage system could match that; domestic systems can't. -- ~ Liz Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk