Low Voltage - Heat Wave
You might want to check your voltage if you are here in the east. My area dipped to 103 volts, that I observed, and it may have been lower. In a campground, with heavy loads, it is probably lower. ...
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myredracer wrote:
During peak demands of the summer and high AC use, voltage is just gonna go down. Guaranteed. Reducing voltage drop would be an extremely expensive proposition and will never happen.
That's not entirely true any longer. Here in S Ontario Hydro 1 along with the local hydro operators have been pouring considerable sums into upgrading facilities to help avoid this voltage sag issue. It wasn't all that long ago that even here in suburbia we could see significant voltage sag under conditions like we've been experiencing here in the east for the last week. Today incoming source voltage to the house is ~ 123 vac with minimal load and when I just turned on the trailer A/C my Progressive EMS showed me pulling ~ 14 amps yet incoming voltage to the trailer only dropped to 118 vac. In this heat virtually every house in the neighbourhood, every house & every business in the city will be running A/C so yes, the situation has gotten better in some heavily served areas. :B We travel though with our camper so I still expect to see low voltage situations, ergo the reason I protect the trailer with a Progressive EMS that will disconnect if the voltage drops too low.
