Is a study of voltage and current sine wave that we apply to our equipment

An electric power interruption that is very short. It occurs due to a lightning strike or other factors. The operation of the
Inverter depends on the momentary power interruption time.

The Momentary Average Interruption Frequency Index (MAIFI)[1] is a reliability indicator used by
electric power utilities. MAIFI is the average number of momentary interruptions that a customer
would experience during a given period (typically a year). Electric power utilities may define
momentary interruptions differently, with some considering a momentary interruption to be an outage
of less than 1 minute in duration while others may consider a momentary interruption to be an
outage of less than 5 minutes in duration.

Contents

 1Calculation
 2Reporting
 3Causes
 4Comparisons
 5References
 6See also

Calculation[edit]
MAIFI is calculated as

Reporting[edit]
MAIFI has tended to be less reported than other reliability indicators, such as SAIDI, SAIFI,
and CAIDI. However, MAIFI is useful for tracking momentary power outages, or "blinks," that can be
hidden or misrepresented by an overall outage duration index like SAIDI or SAIFI.

Causes[edit]
Momentary power outages are often caused by transient faults, such as lightning strikes or
vegetation contacting a power line, and many utilities use reclosers to automatically restore power
quickly after a transient fault has cleared.

Comparisons[edit]
MAIFI is specific to the area ( power utility, state, region, county, power line, etc. ) because of the
many variables that affect the measure: high/low lightning, number & type of trees, high/low winds,
etc. Therefore, comparing MAIFI of one power utility to another is not valid and should not be used in
this type of benchmarking. It also is difficult to compare this measure of reliability within a single
utility. One year may have had an unusually high number of thunderstorms and thus skew any
comparison to another year's MAIFI.