I work on a project where we design devices that offload certain power intensive devices from the local grid when the current is getting too close to the power limit of the transformer's limit so they don't have to send someone in the field every time.
We have a minimum 15 minutes delay before powering back on a device that was powered off.
I've raised the issue where there could be a problem where there might be a ressonance effect with our devices and similar smart grid devices from other sources due to the 15 and n x 5 minutes delay being ubiquitous.
For now we came to the conclusion that this not an issue, but I still think this is an easily avoidable catastrophe that can be easily mitigated by adding a random offset to the delay.
We have a minimum 15 minutes delay before powering back on a device that was powered off.
I've raised the issue where there could be a problem where there might be a ressonance effect with our devices and similar smart grid devices from other sources due to the 15 and n x 5 minutes delay being ubiquitous.
For now we came to the conclusion that this not an issue, but I still think this is an easily avoidable catastrophe that can be easily mitigated by adding a random offset to the delay.