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GordonThree
Apr 15, 2018Explorer
AC current is neat, you can trade voltage for current and vice versa, using simple magnetic coils.
Boosting 100 volts to 120 volts, with wattage remaining fixed (same load), means your transformer will drawing more amps over an already overloaded distribution system to make up the volts.
I can see a park with a sub-standard system being upset about blowing a main transformer or damaging lines if everyone were running their own transformer.
It will make the problem worse for others on the system that don't have their own transformer. Your transformer will only cause the voltage to drop even lower for others.
Given today's society, the me-first thinking that's popular, lowering someone else's voltage is not my problem, others can buy a transformer too of course.
Report this park to the County building inspector, and the state building inspector. Low voltage is a safety issue.
Boosting 100 volts to 120 volts, with wattage remaining fixed (same load), means your transformer will drawing more amps over an already overloaded distribution system to make up the volts.
I can see a park with a sub-standard system being upset about blowing a main transformer or damaging lines if everyone were running their own transformer.
It will make the problem worse for others on the system that don't have their own transformer. Your transformer will only cause the voltage to drop even lower for others.
Given today's society, the me-first thinking that's popular, lowering someone else's voltage is not my problem, others can buy a transformer too of course.
Report this park to the County building inspector, and the state building inspector. Low voltage is a safety issue.
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