Equipment currents in the frequency range 9–95 kHz, measured in a realistic environment

A number of measurements have been performed on a full-scale electric model of a house to examine how end-user equipment affect the impedance in the frequency range 9-95 kHz. It is shown that the impedance level for the grid itself is fairly high and that it decreases when end-user equipment is connected. End-user equipment can be divided in to different categories, loads for which impedance is constant over time (for one cycle) and frequency and loads for which impedance varies over time, frequency or both. The measurements indicate that currents in high frequencies travel between loads at a much higher degree than between the load and the transformer.