[Boatanchors] LINE VOLTAGE, FILAMENT VOLTAGE and SANITY

[Rick Poole WA1RKT]

I must be one of the lucky ones.  Checking the wall voltage many times over the last few months I have never seen it above 123, and almost always it's 117 to 119.  Over the last two days I monitored with a newly-acquired DMM that includes max and min storage, and found a max of 122.9 and a min of 114.3 over 48 hours' time.

Rick WA1RKT

----- Original Message -----
From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 11:34:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] LINE VOLTAGE, FILAMENT VOLTAGE and SANITY

All,

You absolutely will not win!

The only way you can possibly come out with a "break - even" 
methodology, would be to install an entire Electrical Panel Voltage 
regulator system.

WE - The consumer are the head of the dog that the tail wags.

The Utility/Power provider is *NOT* going to run larger conductors! 
They will simply continue as they have, and run higher voltage to 
overcome the I(squared) R losses.

To us all, it means that this higher voltage issue will only get worse.

I've been observing this for at least ten to fifteen years!  I *never* 
see anything below 122VAC using an HP-410B.  It is as calibrated as well 
as it can w/o taking it to a commercial outfit that would perform a 
traceable calibration.

We have lived here since 1988.  It has been this way the entire time. 
Now it only getting worse.

Owning two different VTVMs, and a couple of DMMs, I see the same thing.

Here, the entire distribution system is underground cables.  The costs 
to change them is prohibitive.  The silly city even runs its own diesel 
plant to produce power during peaks.

One would *think* that this is a costly proposition.  Apparently not 
costly enough!

The monitored voltage runs between 122VAC to 127 VAC.

That leaves the entire house, (Actually the entire neighborhood.), 
dealing with every single electrical device/appliance running at 
voltages above their labeled rating.

Until WE - the consumer, get up in arms and collectively squawk and 
complain, NOTHING will change.

The "bean counters" care less.  They are only looking at the bottom line.

Regards, Bob - N0DGN


On 1/6/2015 10:18 AM, Albert LaFrance wrote:
> 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

______________________________________________________________
Boatanchors mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Message delivered to wa1rkt at comcast.net

List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF
** For Assistance: dfischer at usol.com **


This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html