An Electron

16th May 2022, Monday

After dinner last night I sat down to watch Tom Holland's new movie "Uncharted". After 10 to 15 minutes lightning flashed in the sky. Immediately the power went out ie load shedding. And we know that electricity is the flow of electrons, that is, the flow of electrons has stopped. But then a question came to my mind. How electricity is so closely related to lightning in the sky. How does electricity go off milliseconds before lightning strikes ?. I stopped watching movies and started looking for the answer to this question. Where another important question was "Why does it take an hour to get back when the power goes out?"

I'm trying to write the answer the way I got it. The area I live in is not a commercial area but as a city the demand for electricity is not less than the commercial area. Suppose our area has a demand of 1000 watts of electricity. In that case 1000 watts of electricity from the circuit house will start supplying to our area. But when we turn on any oven or fridge, the demand for electricity will increase to 1200-1300 watts. Then the supply at the generator will increase according to the demand of electricity. When the power supply is running, its frequency will be around 50 Hz. Frequencies must always be kept in measurement or the generator may run into major problems resulting in no power for 2 to 4 days in that area. But the problem is that when an extra oven like mine stops running the fridge or fan, the demand for electricity decreases and let's say it goes down from 1200 watts to 900 watts. But then the generator can't quickly shut off this extra supply. As a result, the additional 300 watts of electricity supplied is a complete loss to the government. But sometimes the amount of electricity that is lost becomes too much and they are forced to turn off the power generator to avoid that loss. In addition the frequency varies due to excess power supply and it varies from 50 Hz to 47-48 Hz which can damage the generator and even cause large explosions. So the power supply has to be stopped to avoid accidents. And once the power supply is turned off, it takes 1 hour to turn on the power supply.

This is exactly the reason why when the power goes out, it takes about an hour for the power to return. But as new generations, new technologies are being created, the time to regenerate electricity has become much less than before.

I think you didn't know this information, hope you like it haha.