Brownout

Brownout may refer to:

See also

Brownout (electricity)

A brownout is an intentional or unintentional drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system. Intentional brownouts are used for load reduction in an emergency. The reduction lasts for minutes or hours, as opposed to short-term voltage sag (or dip). The term brownout comes from the dimming experienced by lighting when the voltage sags. A voltage reduction may be an effect of disruption of an electrical grid, or may occasionally be imposed in an effort to reduce load and prevent a power outage, known as a blackout.

In some media reports the term brownout refers to an intentional or unintentional power outage or blackout of some areas rather than to a drop in voltage.

Effects

Different types of electrical apparatus will react in different ways to a sag. Some devices will be severely affected, while others may not be affected at all.

The heat output of any resistance device, such as an electric space heater, is equal to the true power consumption, which is an increasing function of the applied voltage. If the resistance stays constant, power consumption is proportional to the square of the applied voltage. Therefore, a significant reduction of heat output will occur with a relatively small reduction in voltage. An incandescent lamp will dim due to lower heat creation in the filament, as well as lower conversion of heat to light. Generally speaking, no damage will occur but functionality will be impaired.

Brownout (album)

Brownout is the only studio album of American band Head Set.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Head Set

Personnel

Schematic Records

Schematic Records is a record label founded by Josh Kay and Romulo Del Castillo as Schematic Music Company, an electronic music label specializing in techno, electronica and various forms of dance music.

As Soul Oddity

In 1995, Josh Kay and Romulo Del Castillo released a series of records for the US major label Astralwerks as a duo under the stage name Soul Oddity.

As Phoenecia

After a dispute with Astralwerks, they moved to Warp record label where they had a successful release Randa Roomet, an EP, adopting the new stage name Phoenecia.

Under Schematic, and always as Phoenecia, they released the EPs Odd Jobs (1999), and Oddjob Discrimination (2001) followed by the critically acclaimed full-length album Brownout in 2001. They followed it in 2010 with the album Echelon Mall and in 2011 by the album Demissions. 2011 saw also the release of the EP Good Man Bones

Record label

In late 1996, they finally decided to go their own way on, founding Schematic Records and signing debut artists such as Richard Devine, Scott Herren (Prefuse73, Savath & Savalas), Otto Von Schirach, Push Button Objects, and collaborating with the likes of Matmos, Autechre, Jamie Lidell, Matthew Herbert, and Glen Velez amongst many notable others.