I did not mean to imply that I thought there was something wrong with the
transformer.
There was nothing wrong with the transformer.
There was something wrong with the Marina management when they told
customers they supplied "240" when it was really 208 because they declined
to install the equipment necessary to provide 240.
They were lying to gain money. This is larceny. People are paying for
what they were told was 240 yet only receiving 208 (I got 195) at best.
The solution is to toss them in jail for a while for lying for financial
gain, then insist they either tell their customers they are supplying 208
(and even less at their slip) and that this low voltage may damage their
equipment, or install the proper equipment to supply 240. as well as
require they pay for the damaged equipment they produced by their lies.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek FL
N30 07.68 W081 38.47
> [Original Message]
> From: Lew Hodgett <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Date: 12/11/2010 4:49:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Low Voltage "240"
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > At Green Cove Springs Marina, south of Jacksonville FL, where I
> > lived for 8
> > years they used two legs of a three phase transformer for the "240".
> > It
> > was actually 208 when it left the transformer and because of cheap
> > wiring
> > dropped to about 195 by the time it got to me. I only used my
> > welder,
> > which is designed to run on 208 if desired, and my air compressor
> > (which
> > has a blower fan directed onto the motor) which worked OK on it, but
> > several neighbors had burned up equipment because of the low
> > voltage.
> >
> > I guess they were just too cheap to install the proper transformer.
> --------------------------------
> There was nothing wrong with the marina's transformer, it was
> delivering 208VAC.
>
> As a user, you folks faced a double whammy.
> 1) Line drop due to long distance from transformer and probably
> minimum wire size.
>
> 2) Equipment designed to operate on 240VAC, not 208VAC.
>
> Solution is the installation of a small buck-boost transformer at the
> load.
>
> Lew
>
>
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