VOLTAGESTABILIZER The introduction of voltage stabilizers became more commonafter the fridges of different companies appearing in different sizes andmodels by 2004 inIndia. These new refrigerators need not require defrost taking out all thingsfrom it, and pressing a button. More easy method adopted by many was switchingOFF the power supply in old type refrigerators. In about half an hour all iceformation in the top area where ice making was done would fall down through theinside of body. The fridge was cleaned inside and outside with good cloth andthings were kept back. Normally defrosting was done once a week when we couldsee a lot of ice formation around that area. Really it had the advantage ofcleaning and removing unwanted items from fridge.
On those days Kelvinator was the most commonly available one with singledoor in different sizes and body colours. It was placed over a bottom stand.Earlier wooden stands painted were used, later made by tough PVC. It was common the legs of fridges corroding afterabout 12-14 years because of the melted water during defrosting remained belowthe legs of the fridge in the stand in spite of clear wiping. Now during defrosting one can observe the refrigerator bodybecome very warm. Normally stabilizer required for the refrigerator size issupplied by the company itself or suggest suitable one. It is commonly placedabove the refrigerator. After seeing advertisement of Kelvinator air conditioners recently, Imade a Google search, got different results, the most suited was whirlpool purchased Kelvinator. Whirlpool is as sturdy as Kelvinator and now comes with 10years warranty for compressor. Latest version is one with a bottom drawer tokeep vegetables at a lower temperature. However thismodel is rare now in shops. Another area where we use voltage stabilizers is with splitair conditioners. This type of voltage regulators are to be mounted in aconvenient position on wall. The 15 amps supply to split AC is taken from aceramic power socket with high quality moulded plug to voltage stabilizer andoutput given to split AC indoor side. It is extended to outdoor unit from theindoor unit by company wired circuit through a starting capacitor. The supply to socket iscontrolled by a circuit breaker. Normally circuit breaker socket andplug with cable to connect air conditioner comes as a unit. In addition thereis a circuit breaker in the supply distribution board. Where voltage is very variable and becoming low, a boostercircuit is added in the voltage stabilizer. This type of stabilizers is 3 times costlier than normal one. With the appearance of smart TVs, again voltage stabilizer isprovided to the input of EB supply and output connected to TV. With CCTV in homes most take power supply from UPS viastabilizer to their power supply unit. In hospitals where costly testing instruments are provided,stabilizer circuit is provided. In old type TVs of LED/LCD type where one has limited accessibility,practically no voltage stabilizer has provided. Modems are worst affected during lightening, it is high timemodems come with a built in stabilizer circuit. This will also prevent lightweight modem frequently falling down even by a hand slip. Another one is water purifierROS units which uses power supply. During a heavy lightening their power supplyunit is also worst affected. R. Gopalakrishnan, 79dated 24-9-22. Today is my birthday. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1636625591.64658.1663998948230%40mail.yahoo.com.
