Brownout (electricity)

A brownout is a drop of voltage in an electrical power supply. Brownouts may be done intentionally in order to reduce the load during an emergency.Steven Warren Blume Electric power system basics: for the nonelectrical professional. John Wiley & Sons, 2007   p. 199 This is done to prevent a total supply failure ("blackout").Alan Wyatt, Electric Power Challenges and Choices, The Book Press Limited, Toronto, 1986  page 63 Brownouts can also be caused accidentally by faults in the electrical grid which cause a drop in voltage.

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