Having worked for an American electric company (AEP) at a power plant I can tell you how clock
sync problems used to be handled. On the wall of the control room was your average electric clock. Next to it was a hand wound (highly accurate) chronometer. Every night at midnight the time was compared between the two clocks. If the electric clock was ahead, the Hz would be turned down a little until the clocks synced. If behind then the Hz would be increased. By morning they would be in sync.
Of course that was years ago. With modern technology this is no longer a problem. Oh, and while I have you attention, the turbine always spins at 3600 rpm. No we don't make it spin faster when we need more power.
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Having worked for an American electric company (AEP) at a power plant I can tell you how clock sync problems used to be handled. On the wall of the control room was your average electric clock. Next to it was a hand wound (highly accurate) chronometer. Every night at midnight the time was compared between the two clocks. If the electric clock was ahead, the Hz would be turned down a little until the clocks synced. If behind then the Hz would be increased. By morning they would be in sync.
Of course that was years ago. With modern technology this is no longer a problem. Oh, and while I have you attention, the turbine always spins at 3600 rpm. No we don't make it spin faster when we need more power.