Sun flares

[Alistair_Heaton]

Anyone else noticed some strange things happening with various bits of equipment while the current mass ejections have been occurring?

We are getting RAIM warnings for RNP approaches at work.

And my robot mower had a hellish time getting into its charge station a couple of times. When it happens I go look at the northern lights websites and yep its a colossal magnetic storm coming through. The local dealer is having a right old time with people bring there mowers in under warranty.
He phoned me and asked if I have had problems as he is out our way anyway. I explained I thought it was to do with sun activity..... the line went silent.... then mumbled obscenity's in Russian and Spasiba and the line cut off.

Not a failure as such..... but more interesting for me because I have zero clue about EM issues.

 

[RedSnake]

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

its actually a suprising amount of reactive. I pulled 4 kWh of real power last month and 29 kWh of reactive off 300
totaltotal.