[Boatanchors] AC Line Voltage Regulation

[D C -Mac- Macdonald]

I'd recommend that you contact your Connecticut state 
utility regulation commission with your complaint. 
 
Utility companies really hate paying for damages that 
are caused by poor line regulation! 
 
I'd bet you could find any number of lawyers that would 
just LOVE to get into a class action lawsuit against the 
big bad power company for damages! 
 
In the meantime, I'd suggest you change to 130V rated 
lamps as old 120V versions need to be replaced. The 
builder of our house (1999) put 130V lamps everywhere. 
13 years later, we still have a few of the originals 
in use! 
  
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> From: jsternmd at att.net
> To: jmfranke at cox.net; jfor at quikus.com
> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:23:46 -0500
> CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] AC Line Voltage Regulation
> 
> I changed the subject title as it may have been misleading. I live in a
> rural part of Connecticut and my line voltage varies from 114 vac on some
> days to 129 vac on others ... it is fairly steady on any particular day. I
> have used my heavy duty Variacs but would prefer something that doesn't need
> daily adjustments. Complaining to the power company has not helped.
> 
> Someone mentioned that the BAMA article was thyristor-based not just a
> bucking xfrmr and offered some regulation besides reduction. I was thinking
> of an AC constant 115 vac regulator system capable of handling several of my
> boatanchors (eg 10A) using TRIAC's but I have read that the output waveform
> is distorted, maybe MOSFETs and SPWM? Has anyone needed or bothered to go
> to such an elaborate setup?
> 
> TIA, 
> Jerry
> K1JOS