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  2. Split-phase electric power - Wikipedia

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    In a so-called balanced power system, sometimes called "technical power", an isolation transformer with a center tap is used to create a separate supply with conductors at balanced voltages with respect to ground. The purpose of a balanced power system is to minimize the noise coupled into sensitive equipment from the power supply.

  3. BTX (form factor) - Wikipedia

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    BTX (for Balanced Technology eXtended) is a form factor for motherboards, originally intended to be the replacement for the aging ATX motherboard form factor in late 2004 and early 2005. It was designed to alleviate some of the issues that arose from using newer technologies (which often demand more power and create more heat) on motherboards ...

  4. Balance of plant - Wikipedia

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    Balance of plant (BOP) is a term generally used in the context of power engineering to refer to all the supporting components and auxiliary systems of a power plant needed to deliver the energy, other than the generating unit itself.

  5. Grid balancing - Wikipedia

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    As of the beginning of 2020s, the actual balancing service was provided primarily by the conventional power stations: [1] frequently, the only quick-response safety margin is the inertial response provided by the kinetic energy of the physically rotating machinery (synchronous generators and turbines).

  6. Load balancing (electrical power) - Wikipedia

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    Vehicle-to-grid is a system under development allowing electric cars to provide power to the grid at times of high demand, low supply from e.g. wind and solar power and therefore high prices, and charge the car again when the price is lower, based on the energy need the car owner has defined in the car settings (such as need for long distance ...

  7. Power outage at BP oil refinery in Indiana prompts evacuation ...

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    WHITING, Ind. (AP) — BP’s sprawling oil refinery in northwest Indiana was hit Thursday by a power outage that prompted the company to shut it down and evacuate workers, authorities said.

  8. Man's 'Santa-antics' get him stuck in chimney while running ...

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    A man who was running away from police has been arrested after getting stuck in a chimney while trying to hide from them, authorities said. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Fall River ...

  9. Skip Bayless and Fox Sports Sued by Hairdresser for Sexual ...

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    The advances culminated in July 2021, when he offered her $1.5 million to sleep with him, the suit states. She made an excuse to leave. A week later, he again made an advance, and she said ...