txdon
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Thanks for the link Drew, ordered one. Do you ever get 120v?
108˚ at the beginning of the witching hours (5-9PM) Grid is holding.
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108˚ at the beginning of the witching hours (5-9PM) Grid is holding.
daugen
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that's a pretty area.
as I was crossing PA on I80, my first thought was
lot of trees in Pennsylvania
daugen
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Don, normal is 120 or 121
except on a number of outlets when either an electric heater or major kitchen appliance
is turned on. Then voltage drops to 118. Old house and wires...
Highest I've seen is 122
Lowest is 113
Anything below 116 gets my attention, increased amp draw is never good
At 113, I think I'd start turning things off....or....turn on the generator.
Mine puts out 118 under full load
nice having this little readout right next to my desk
even better would be to have one with an alarm at a settable point
Don, I think 108 is not good for your hvac compressor.
anyone else have thoughts? (although maybe it's running on 240...that reading would be interesting)
except on a number of outlets when either an electric heater or major kitchen appliance
is turned on. Then voltage drops to 118. Old house and wires...
Highest I've seen is 122
Lowest is 113
Anything below 116 gets my attention, increased amp draw is never good
At 113, I think I'd start turning things off....or....turn on the generator.
Mine puts out 118 under full load
nice having this little readout right next to my desk
even better would be to have one with an alarm at a settable point
Don, I think 108 is not good for your hvac compressor.
anyone else have thoughts? (although maybe it's running on 240...that reading would be interesting)
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pennwalk
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A couple of years ago the UPS went off saying power was at 136. The power company came out very quickly and replaced the transformer on the pole. It says 120 now.
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daugen
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Don,
you might experiment by turning off any high consumers, like your a/c, for just a little
and then recheck the voltage
but your place is new with fully to code wiring, mine is not.
I did see Romex in the basement, don't think that goes bad quickly.
I can see voltage sucking down under load a little.
some things like electric heaters seem pretty unaffected by voltage.
I thought low voltage was death on certain compressors.
Most electronics are pretty lenient and allow a wide range of input voltage,
but again pays to be safe
are there any things we normally own that should get turned off before
a low voltage situation continues?
we all have houses and we all have wiring and appliances and we all need power
so this affects all of us
Chris, good point, never thought about my big APC UPS, but don't know what the low voltage threshold on that is.
that might be worth looking up
back down to 118 right now, so clearly lot of voltage swings here.
you might experiment by turning off any high consumers, like your a/c, for just a little
and then recheck the voltage
but your place is new with fully to code wiring, mine is not.
I did see Romex in the basement, don't think that goes bad quickly.
I can see voltage sucking down under load a little.
some things like electric heaters seem pretty unaffected by voltage.
I thought low voltage was death on certain compressors.
Most electronics are pretty lenient and allow a wide range of input voltage,
but again pays to be safe
are there any things we normally own that should get turned off before
a low voltage situation continues?
we all have houses and we all have wiring and appliances and we all need power
so this affects all of us
Chris, good point, never thought about my big APC UPS, but don't know what the low voltage threshold on that is.
that might be worth looking up
back down to 118 right now, so clearly lot of voltage swings here.
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I like a meter that also displays hz, especially when I'm on generator power the hz is my primary watched item.
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My UPS’s display voltage constantly.
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77F dark clouds rolling in good chance couple t storms...high for today 93.4F 
Another keeping low and cool day...grocery shopping done for the Mrs.,critter food stop, octan for pickup down 14 cent drop $3.58,basement good old fashion sweeping.
Not much plan for the evening,share bowl ice cream watch some Chiefs and Lions game.
Enjoy your day all.
Another keeping low and cool day...grocery shopping done for the Mrs.,critter food stop, octan for pickup down 14 cent drop $3.58,basement good old fashion sweeping.
Not much plan for the evening,share bowl ice cream watch some Chiefs and Lions game.
Enjoy your day all.
I don't have the meter but I get a power bill an that Herz
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Got Deco mesh system installed. Not too bad, but still can’t connect one thermostat and the weather station.
It did default to an IP that I had to change. Actually it says weather station is connected, but it’s not updating info.
Other thermostat took many tries for it to work, but I’ve messed with upstairs for over an hour with no luck.
Will have to see how it works long term. Put the Starlink router in bypass, so don’t really need the new one they are sending, but I’ll swap them. If something fails on deco, that will be the backup.
Got wind, thunder, but NO RAIN!!
It did default to an IP that I had to change. Actually it says weather station is connected, but it’s not updating info.
Other thermostat took many tries for it to work, but I’ve messed with upstairs for over an hour with no luck.
Will have to see how it works long term. Put the Starlink router in bypass, so don’t really need the new one they are sending, but I’ll swap them. If something fails on deco, that will be the backup.
Got wind, thunder, but NO RAIN!!