[BC] hot enough for you ?

[Jerry Mathis]

And I think that the utilities need to re-consider this practice overall.
The only devices that will actually reduce their power draw with lower
voltage are RESISTIVE devices, such as incandescent light bulbs. Motors,
such as in refrigerators and air conditioners, will simply draw more amps to
make up the missing voltage. This is counterproductive, because the extra
current draw simply heats the wiring all along the circuit path,
contributing to a FURTHER voltage drop, and power that is wasted heating the
wiring and transformers. In case the utility companies haven't noticed,
incandescent bulbs have largely been replaced by fluorescents. Everything
else in a house is either a motor or a switched power supply, and both will
draw more current and use the SAME amount of power.

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Jerry Mathis

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Jim Offerdahl
<jim at offerdahlbroadcast.com>wrote:

> Actually I think you are right. We are quite close to the sub-station
> though
> so maybe it didn't affect too many. All I know is I complained that I was
> seeing voltage drops of 8 to 10 voltages even as much as 15 in the worst
> case and they told me they were doing that and offered to remove it. They
> did and no more problems. It got so bad that the transmitter would drop
> below 90% and set off our alarms.
>
> Jim Offerdahl
>