HAHAHAHAHAHA..... No, -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Nichols Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 11:48 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Line Voltage - USA
Did the utility replace the damaged equipment? On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:33 PM Van Horn, David < [email protected]> wrote: > I once had some odd equipment failures which we found out were caused > by the line voltage being at 142V. > > This was in the mid 80's in Costa Mesa CA. The tech they sent out > told me they had us on the wrong transformer tap. > > > > Lowest I've seen was 70V in Hawaii, with everyone coming home about > 5PM and switching on air conditioners. We had to run our TV on a > variac and adjust the voltage to keep the picture from shrinking. > > > > Since those days, that's the numbers I design equipment to, if it is > to run from 115V supplies. That rule has never let me down. > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
