Hughs Autoformer
I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with the Hughs autoformer. Its suppose to give the voltage a boost if the incoming voltage drops below a specified limit.
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If you are paying for 30 amps at 120 volts, you are paying for 3600 watts of power. If you are getting 30 amps at 100 volts you are getting 3000 watts of power. When you use a autoformer you use a little of the power coming in to change amps to volts, but you are protecting your appliances. When you use 3000 watts (30 amps at 100 volts) coming in you are going to trip the 30 amp breaker, not 3001 watts. The same goes for 50 amp,(50 at 120 is 6000 watts, 50 amps at 100 is 5000 watts)
