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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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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Jul 03, 2016
2oldman wrote:
pianotuna wrote:
That's why I want the Sola Basic. It can deal with 85 volts.
Cool. How does power get that low?
Basically it doesn't except in rare cases like at the OPs lake site.

If I saw 85 unloaded volts I would not plug in until the situation was fixed, boost transformer or not. Why invite trouble?

Most likely the utility is delivering in spec power which is 120V +-10 percent or a low of 108V.

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