Voltage Regulators - effect on CG breaker?
If I get a voltage regulator will it make it more likely that the CG breaker feeding my unit will trip in low voltage situations? If the CG is struggling to keep up with demand causing a voltage drop ...
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It is a bit more complex than Road-Runner's explanation but .. he is essentially correct.
I have read pages and pages and pages of argument on this subject.
I also have a degree in the field so I know how to sift the "Information" as it were.
And here is how it works
If the unit is NOT boosting then it is drawing a very tiny amnount of power for operational reasons (it is after all a computer device, very simple and low power, but still it computes).
If it's boosting then you have transformer loss (Roughly 10%) and you have a rather complex relationship between volt amps, watts, power factors and input current/voltage v/s output current voltage.
BUT.. Which is more annoying: Having to go out and reset the circuit breaker
Having to pay $1,000 to replace a rooftop air conditioner?
I have read pages and pages and pages of argument on this subject.
I also have a degree in the field so I know how to sift the "Information" as it were.
And here is how it works
If the unit is NOT boosting then it is drawing a very tiny amnount of power for operational reasons (it is after all a computer device, very simple and low power, but still it computes).
If it's boosting then you have transformer loss (Roughly 10%) and you have a rather complex relationship between volt amps, watts, power factors and input current/voltage v/s output current voltage.
BUT.. Which is more annoying: Having to go out and reset the circuit breaker
Having to pay $1,000 to replace a rooftop air conditioner?
