Daren, you bring up an interesting point. California's energy woes could possibly be band-aid if the voltage was reduced 10%. (maybe that is too big of a management issue, does anyone know?) Assuming that a large percentage of the users don't have switcher regulators then that would equate to a 5-9% reduction in energy consumption hence reducing California's power problems significantly till more power plants are built. That might lower the spot market price!
--- "Nerad, Daren HS-SNS" <[email protected]> wrote: > > It all boils down to $$$s! > Notice you don't see 110 V on the lines, probably not even 115 or 117 but as > close to 120V as they can keep it (except for you folks in CA, then this is > a digital thing, HA!). > > WHY? > > You consume more Watts if the V is greater! > > Check your wall outlet, what does it read? > > IT would be interesting to use this forum to do a quick & dirty survey. > Granted we can only hit where engineers feel like making measurements, & > when they do, but it would be interesting... > > Daren A. Nerad > EMC Engineer > ===== Best Regards Hans Mellberg Regulatory Compliance Consultant and Design Services By the Pacific Coast next to Silicon Valley Santa Cruz, CA, USA 408-507-9694 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
