I want to overclock my power.

[Juno]

jiggawatts, no?

 

[Accipiter22]

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

yah, use GE's cool & quiet driver on your fuse box.

 

[DarkThinker]

Originally posted by: 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.

Loads (like a motor) consist for the most part of real components (resistive) not imaginary if I am not mistaken here.

 

[shadghost]

ok we are going to need some math to back this up...

here is where we are going to start

to find inductive resistance you use 2(3.1415)(f)(L)
so 6.28*60*.001 would be .3768
at 90 hz, 6.28*90*.001 would be .5652
that is a 1.66666 times the resistance, and that would mess up equpemnt only designed to handle 10 present over....



(if you all did not figure it out he was jokeing....... but could bulid stuff to do this)

 

[slackwarelinux]

Originally posted by: shadghost

(if you all did not figure it out he was jokeing....... but could bulid stuff to do this)

I'm not joking, I think this has serious potential. The speed of an AC motor is proportional to the frequency, so I think I could get stuff to run faster. I think I will start small to keep things reasonable, but it should be perfectly possible to overclock some small device. Something like a pencil sharper should be easily overclocked by frequency increases, and such efforts would net real rewards.

I am a little worried that any power supply filtering though, I think it would be designed to attenuate frequencies above and below 50/60Hz. I may need to remove the filters, and perform some hardware mods to add in a fan.

 

[Goosemaster]

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

LOFL...funniest stuff I've read in ages:laugh:

 

[Skunkwourk]

MY CPU IS COLD WITH SOLUTION!!!!

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: Eghck
MY CPU IS COLD WITH SOLUTION!!!!

What solution do you speak about.

 

[RU482]

you probably better up the core voltage

 

[judasmachine]

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

2nded

 

[bwatson283]

Sure turn it up, New monitor FTW.

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[slackwarelinux]

Why do people keep recommending solution? It's not like I need it at -6C or anything, forced air cooling should suffice.

 

[Rubycon]

Why not convert to 400Hz power? That's a standard alternative frequency and the "sing" of the equipment is pleasant to the ear.

60 Hz

50 Hz

400 Hz

All cosine, three down stereo center.

All three mixed together

zero down, stereo center. :Q

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Originally posted by: everman
You'll need a better cooling solution, I suggest water in the power lines.

Remember to use good thermal grease!

 

[OVerLoRDI]

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

Oh the possibilities

 

[IGBT]

..in the 50's there use to be a plan to drop the line freq.to 50hz in the event of a nuclear attack. everybody was supposed to get a radio like device that would plug into the wall and monitor the freq.and sound an alarm if the freq.dropped to 50hz.

 

[angminas]

And then do what, me wonders? Oh, the practical joke potential with that...I shudder to think of it.

 

[Albatross]

solution

 

[JEDIYoda]

if you look too hard you will go blind...

 

[Rubycon]

Oh let's not forget the obvious: try raising the pressure.

That will sure put a little extra jolt into your system.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: everman
You'll need a better cooling solution, I suggest water in the power lines.

No! You have to use an Arctic Silver syringe and inject it into all your outlets!!!!!!!

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: 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?

I think it's just some of the filters you have on your powers lines. If they aren't properly maintained, they can become clogged with flux. You have to reverse the power lines and blow the flux out.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

The problem is that the power in your house is being split. If you open your circuit breaker panel you'll see two cables leading to the breakers. If you bond these together you'll have the maximum power going into your house that you can get.

 

[ultimatebob]

I heard that putting NOS stickers on your outlets gives you an extra 10hz, easy!

 

[ScottFern]

A for effort!