homework 1

  I was given a homework assignment of finding out what a load bank is for. The picture on the right is a load bank. What is a load bank? It develops an electrical load then applies this load to an electrical power source and converts (or dissipates) the resultant power output of the source. Now that we somewhat know what it is, the next question is what is its purpose? Well, its called a load bank, one would automatically think that its used to store loads? This is not entirely wrong. However, the load it generates is used to accurately mimic the operational ("real") load that the power source will see in actual application. The difference is that the load from a load bank is contained, organized and fully controllable.