PaulD
Active Member
To avoid hijacking another thread, I am bringing up a question on phase couplers in a new thread. In the other thread, I asked a question about the use of multiple couplers when you have multiple service panels. One answer suggested that was a bad idea because it would multiply signal crossings and lead to problems. At first I accepted that notion but the more I thought about it, it conflicted with the very concept of a phase coupler. Without a phase coupler, the natural path for signals from one phase to another thru the nearest transformer...that is path #1. If you add a phase coupler, you have now added path #2 thus the very use of a phase coupler creates multiple paths between phases. Obviously (???), with a phase coupler, multiple communication paths exist and the communication signals travel a different distance thus have different timing as they pass from one phase to another. Although I am an engineer, I am not up to speed on communication theory and this leads me to several questions. Anyone here with answers? Note...my application is using UPB.
Questions
1) Since duplicate signals will be hitting devices at different times, why don't devices get tangled up in executing their commands?
2) Is there a technical or performance reason you cannot make many different connection patch via multiple couples across your electrical network (example...one coupler per service panel when using multiple service panels)
Questions
1) Since duplicate signals will be hitting devices at different times, why don't devices get tangled up in executing their commands?
2) Is there a technical or performance reason you cannot make many different connection patch via multiple couples across your electrical network (example...one coupler per service panel when using multiple service panels)