I was talking with a colleague in civil eng. and he was asking about balanced vs unbalanced conditions. He understaood the idea of balanced and unbalanced conditions in both siource and load, but he asked a question I couldn't answer:
If the load is unbalanced in onlyy 1 phase (say, phase c), is it possible to rebalance the system by deliberately adding an unbalanced condition to the source?
I know you wouldn't WANT to, but is that possible? I mean, if the idea is to eliminate the undesirable ground currents, is this THAT bad a solution? You'd get circulating currents in your source, right? Shortening the sources life?
If the load is unbalanced in onlyy 1 phase (say, phase c), is it possible to rebalance the system by deliberately adding an unbalanced condition to the source?
I know you wouldn't WANT to, but is that possible? I mean, if the idea is to eliminate the undesirable ground currents, is this THAT bad a solution? You'd get circulating currents in your source, right? Shortening the sources life?