[Boatanchors] LINE VOLTAGE, FILAMENT VOLTAGE and SANITY

[Albert LaFrance]

And just when we thought we had it all figured out, along comes a new twist!
<http://smartgrid.ieee.org/april-2013/842-conservation-voltage-regulation-an-energy-efficiency-resource>

Albert

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of Bill and Liz
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 10:14 AM
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] LINE VOLTAGE, FILAMENT VOLTAGE and SANITY
> 
> Why all the discussion about filament voltage and monitoring the line?  The
> line voltages across North America are probably 12-15 volts higher than they
> were when our equipment was designed and built in the 50s.  Install a line
> bucker of 10V......just do it!  Don’t worry about the filament voltage-anything
> within a half volt of 6.3 won’t adversely affect the operation of your
> equipment.  With a line bucker everything runs cooler, and IMHO that is the
> REAL reason you would want to use one.  Your power transformer will be
> much happier and tubes meant to work at 250V will not be struggling at close
> to 300V with high line voltage.
> 
> Bill VE3NH
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