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A main switchboard synchronizing panel is fitted with two synchronizing lamps and a synchroscope. When paralleling, if the synchroscope pointer is at the noon position and one synchronizing light is bright while the other remains dark, what does this indicate?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Synchronizing lamps (bright/dark method) and what equal brightness/darkness indicates • Synchroscope 'noon' position and what that means about phase angle and frequency difference • What a burned-out synchronizing lamp would (and would not) tell you about the electrical conditions

💭 Think About

• What does the synchroscope pointer at the 12 o’clock (noon) position tell you about the relationship between the incoming and running generators at that instant? • In the two-lamp method, what should both lamps look like when conditions are correct to close the breaker, assuming both lamps are good? • If one lamp is bright and the other dark while the synchroscope shows perfect synchronism, what simple equipment fault could explain the lamp indication without changing the true synchronizing condition?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify what noon on the synchroscope means: phase angle and relative frequency at that instant • Recall what the correct lamp indications are when generators are in phase and ready to be paralleled (with both lamps healthy) • Consider whether any choice implies a fault in the lamps themselves rather than a problem with voltage, phase sequence, or synchronizing conditions

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