[BC] AC Voltage Drop

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

If you can finagle it that way, more power to you ! And good luck proving
that damage was caused by bad power convincingly enough that they'll pay.
Just keep in mind that for 3 phase xmtrs, it's WARRANTY VOID ! on open
delta. And there's a reason for that.
It  may easily cost more than $6k to recover from one lightning strike, and
there's an unlimited supply of them available to exploit your open delta
vulnerability.
Insurance pays ?  Watch your rates climb or policy cancelled after a claim
or two.
Wanna install a standby generator ? Gonna need a wye to work with a large
majority of them.
M

----- Original Message -----

> Milton R. Holladay Jr. wrote:
> > You shouldn't be caring; you should be telling the utility to close the
> > delta, then worry about it. If they won';t do it,  suddenly require a
wye
> > feed.
> > Consult your PUC about non-compliance of the utility...........
>
> Well here is one reason why you may not want to play it that way.  Who
> pays for it?   If the utility is having a problem delivering the voltage
> that you're currently subscribed to, then they will pay to repair it.
> In the course of the repair, you can tell them that while they're at it,
> go ahead and drop a 208-Y instead of the 240-Delta.   If it turns out
> that after an investigation the power they are supplying is fine, but
> you still want to change over, then you'll likely pay for it.   In
> Dallas, we were quoted about $6k by the utility.   That's when we said
> "you know... we sure do have a lot of dropouts and flickering lights".
> Sure enough... the utility agreed and said "how about we take care of
> that for you."
>
> Chris Gebhardt