Best place to live for good quality power

Most people have no way of answering this question.  Here is what my power looks like in a scope:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/kxPz87c8iEVoRxTd7

4.2% THD.  I live in a suburb of San Diego.  Near a substation, mix of residential and industrial users.

Liviing in AK and HI might get you less load but no guarantee the small diesel generator supplying the grid makes good quality power.

Those who think they are running off batteries are not really. They are running of the relatively cheap inverter that came with their battery and if they put a scope on it they might be shocked at the ugly sine wave.

The only way to get a clean sine wave is to get a good regenerator.  Here is the sine wave out of mine.  0.1% thd.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ftBgf4cPveGunn679

Jerry

2c on transformers:  a transformer induces a voltage in the secondary that theoreticaly exactly matches the primary.  So the secondary is just as noisy as the primary.

Jerry

@nevada_matt  the quality of your power with off grid solar is totally dependent on the inverter that the mass produced solar company provided.  Not likely good.

Jerry

@jaytor Thanks for sharing your data.    I too have a PS Audio power plant and enjoy the built in oscilloscope.  I've checked my data occasionally over several years and it is always around 4.2% THD.  voltage can vary from 114 to 123.  I set the output to 119.5 and get .1% thd.   Here is a link to the chopped sine waves of my input (same as I posted above).  

https://photos.app.goo.gl/5scsFGHBRjE8ewti9

California electrical grid is not the best managed.  Of course, except for audiophile equipment, nobody really cares.  Your hair dryer or stove will not notice the difference.

Jerry