rahulpsharma
Junior Member level 2
What is the physical significance of wavelength for a Powerline Frequency. For Instance, a typical 50 Hz signal will have a wavelength of 6000 Kilometers (Speed of Light/Freq)...
Then what does it mean to have a wavelength of 6000Kms in real physical sense...
A cable is attached to a Generator that generates the AC which, as we saw above, has a wavelength of 6000Kms... So assuming that the cable that carries the AC to a distant motor, say, 600 meters from the generator will NEVER be able to see the peak of the wave cos the Peak of the wave will occur at a quarter of the distance of the wavelength from the source (generator) i.e., 1500 Kms in this case!!! What does it mean, then, to have a wavelength of 6000 Kms for a Powerline Waveform.
Then what does it mean to have a wavelength of 6000Kms in real physical sense...
A cable is attached to a Generator that generates the AC which, as we saw above, has a wavelength of 6000Kms... So assuming that the cable that carries the AC to a distant motor, say, 600 meters from the generator will NEVER be able to see the peak of the wave cos the Peak of the wave will occur at a quarter of the distance of the wavelength from the source (generator) i.e., 1500 Kms in this case!!! What does it mean, then, to have a wavelength of 6000 Kms for a Powerline Waveform.