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cbshoestring
Explorer II
Jul 03, 2016

87. Volt. Are you on the fence about buying surge protection

I was told A/C could not be used, and friends who have stayed by the lake warned it was a single receptacle. Still, I paid for electric, I hoped I could at least make coffee. 87 volts when it first...
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Lynnmor
Explorer II
Jul 03, 2016
2oldman wrote:
I've never seen voltage that low. An autoformer wouldn't do much good.


My Hughes autoformer has a boost of 3 percent all the time. A boost of 10 percent kicks in when needed. I have seen voltage as low as 99 volts and the autoformer worked well. The 94 volts boosted 10 percent is just under useable voltage for an air conditioner or microwave but should allow everything else to work.

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