page_title: Synchroscope
hierarchical_section_title: Synchroscope
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of a synchroscope taken by me.
context_page_description: In AC electrical power systems, a synchroscope is a device that indicates the degree to which two systems are synchronized with each other.
  For two electrical systems to be synchronized, both systems must operate at the same frequency, and the phase angle between the systems must be zero. Synchroscopes measure and display the frequency difference and phase angle between two power systems. Only when these two quantities are zero is it safe to connect the two systems together. Connecting two unsynchronized AC power systems together is likely to cause high currents to flow, which will severely damage any equipment not protected by fuses or circuit breakers.
context_section_description: In AC electrical power systems, a synchroscope is a device that indicates the degree to which two systems (generators or power networks) are synchronized with each other.
  For two electrical systems to be synchronized, both systems must operate at the same frequency, and the phase angle between the systems must be zero (and two polyphase systems must have the same phase sequence). Synchroscopes measure and display the frequency difference and phase angle between two power systems. Only when these two quantities are zero is it safe to connect the two systems together. Connecting two unsynchronized AC power systems together is likely to cause high currents to flow, which will severely damage any equipment not protected by fuses or circuit breakers.
caption: This synchroscope was used to synchronize a factory's power plant with the utility's power grid.
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