Rural power quality

Results are provided of a detailed power quality monitoring survey of 17 out of the 23 small rural industries (i.e., poultry-broiler, poultry-layer, beef feedlot and pig (farrow to finish) rural industrial sites) sponsored by the Canadian Electrical Association which will provide a knowledge base on rural power quality and the possible origins of power supply anomalies. The authors summarize the major power quality problems experienced at the various industrial sites and present some of the significant results of an across Canada questionnaire survey on 'On-farm Electrical Power Disturbances.' The results of these surveys will provide a basis for mitigating actions by the utilities and their rural industrial customers by enhancing their ability to identify possible origins of power supply disturbances affecting the performance of electronic and electrical equipment at the various farm industrial sites.<>