Unbalanced Load was created on 2009-08-04.
To carry the unbalanced load current.
An unbalanced load prevents the generator delivering its maximum power. That is because each phase has an equal upper current limit that it can deliver, and in an unbalanced system, if one phase is delivering the rated current it follows that the others are not.
No
If one phase really is missing, then you have an unbalanced load.
A three-phase 'unbalanced' system refers to the load, as the supply voltages are unaffected by load. So the phase-angle and, therefore, the power factor of each phase will be different -i.e. there will be three different power factors.
If the load is connected in wye (star) and it has a neutral, then the vectorial-difference of the phase currents will flow in the neutral and there will be no problem. On the other hand, if there is no neutral, then an unbalanced load would cause unbalanced phase voltages.
The electrical term for this condition is called an unbalanced load.
You are, presumably, talking about an unbalanced three-phase load. The answer is no, because the wattmeter takes unbalanced loads into account.
It is highly unusual for the supply system's line voltages to be unbalanced as the source is considered to be an infinite bus. On the other hand, it is not in the least unusual for the line currents to be unbalanced, as they are determined by the load. If a unbalanced star (wye) connected load has no neutral, then the phase voltages will become unbalanced.
'Balanced loads' apply to three-phase a.c. loads. A three-phase kilowatt hour meter will measure both balanced and unbalanced loads, when correctly connected.
"The load was CUMBERSOME on the small cart" Like being ungainly, unbalanced.
A sloping road surface or unbalanced load.