Which risk dramatically increases when attempting to synchronize an out-of-phase three-phase power grid involving closing a circuit breaker?

💡 Explanation

Severe inrush current becomes dangerous because the *principle of superposition* adds the voltage differences at each phase, significantly increasing the peak current. Therefore, destructive current inrush results, rather than transformer saturation which is a slower process needing sustained overvoltage.

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