I want to overclock my power.

[slackwarelinux]

Is there any chance I could bump my power up to 90 Hz or so?

I think my power is too slow. My TV and computer monitor are taking too long to turn on, and the flicker of lights is annoying. I bet if I overclocked my power, then stuff would turn on faster.

 

[Eli]

:laugh:

I'll assume you're being sarcastic, rather than explaining all the flaws in this logic.

 

[Bateluer]

Let me know how that works out for you.

 

[everman]

You'll need a better cooling solution, I suggest water in the power lines.

 

[mwmorph]

Your power lines will be cool with solution.

 

[bcoupland]

Think of those poor Europeans.... theirs is only at 50Hz . Anyways, I hope that my sarcasm meter is broken, because the frequency of the power has nothing to do with your TV turning on or your computer. The internal electronics of the devices is what matters in that regard. As for the lights, incandescents don't really have this issue; fluourescents, on the other hand, used to be notorious for this. However, now, many if not most have a ballast and run at much higher frequencies than the grid.

 

[wedi42]

so can i underclock my power to save energy? like turn it down to 10hz when i'm not home.

 

[BrownTown]

Yeah, they should just turn all the power plants up a "notch" and run their turbines 50% faster, I'm sure that won't blow anything up...

 

[Special K]

If you were to increase the frequency, wouldn't many things actually run slower as a result? Electric motors can be modeled as inductive loads, so since Z = jwL, the impedance would increase, resulting in less current being delivered to the motor.

That's my quick mental analysis anyway.

 

[Molondo]

Shake your Outlet, see if that boosts your power.

 

[Jeff7]

Keep it cold with solution.

Dammit, I was too late.

 

[slackwarelinux]

Originally posted by: Molondo
Shake your Outlet, see if that boosts your power.

So you are saying if I shake out all the stuck electricity, then it would run faster?
Wouldn't it be easier to just use compressed error?

 

[jdoggg12]

Just turn up the frequency of the bus schedule in your city. If that doesn't work, you might want to look into a new power supply, nuclear/coal isn't enough for the modern household, try looking into fission power. If THAT doesn't work, you could install a zalman ceiling fan to keep your temps down to increase efficiency of your cooling.

If that STILL doesn't work, your mother might need a new board to spank your ass with for making this thread.

 

[Mrfrog840]

stick a fork in the electrical outlet and turn it up....

 

[angminas]

Build a robot that flicks your main breaker off and on 90 times a second. You get used to the noise.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
Your power lines will be cool with solution.

That thread was awesome. Though I believe it was "THE solution".

 

[AustinMatherne]

Originally posted by: jdoggg12
If that STILL doesn't work, your mother might need a new board to spank your ass with for making this thread.

rofl

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Skin effect on the lines are going to kill your efficiency

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

You meant Overhertz right?

 

[Hans5849]

Well you could Hook up a oscillator at the input to your house, throw a band pass filter in after it and bam, you can have any frequency you want.

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: Mrfrog840
stick a fork in the electrical outlet and turn it up....

I suggest using your tongue instead.

 

[slackwarelinux]

Originally posted by: Hans5849
Well you could Hook up a oscillator at the input to your house, throw a band pass filter in after it and bam, you can have any frequency you want.

That sounds pretty reasonable, I think I am going to give it a try. I have been doing some research, and I can handle the band pass filter easy, but I am a bit fuzzy on Ok, I think I can do the band pass filter easy, but I am having problems changing the frequency.

I have thought of two options to overclock the frequency to 90Hz, either I can use a voltage doubler, or convert the current to DC, then back to AC using a voltage inverter.

Each way has major disadvantages. If I use a voltage doubler, I will get 120Hz, and I am not sure if everything will be able to run at that frequency. Plus, it will be twice the voltage, and I will have to deal with lots of excess heat. I don't like the idea of having to cool off my toaster, so I think this option is out.

If I covert the AC to DC using a big bridge rectifier, then invert it back to AC at my chosen frequency and voltage, I should be able to do the job. The problem I think will be efficiency, this will generate a lot of heat, and be pretty inefficient. However, I guess that is just the sacrifice I have to make in order have faster stuff. This design should be easy enough to switch over to underclocking too, and that would save power.

Anyways, does anyone have any better ideas?

Also, it seems like a lot of people are recommending that I "cool with solution". Does anyone have a link which would provide more information into that option, I am not sure if I fully understand its meaning.

 

[angminas]

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[PowerEngineer]

Originally posted by: slackwarelinux
Anyways, does anyone have any better ideas?

I realize that the chances that you are serious is virtually zero...

...but just in case you are serious, changing the frequency of youf AC power will do nothing to change the speed that any of your electronic devices operate at. The first thing that happens to the AC going into your electronics is that it gets rectified and filtered into DC. Nothing gets clocked by the AC frequency.

A better idea would be to drop this approach to overclocking.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: mwmorph
Your power lines will be cool with solution.

That thread was awesome. Though I believe it was "THE solution".

LOL, i almost forgot about that thread