<div dir="ltr"><div>That is REALLY BAD!!<br><br></div>The one thing that power providers are REQUIRED to make is 60.0 Hz. Otherwise BadThings happen to many, many devices (medical, media, etc). They're not supposed to be able to inject into the grid without a lock in at 60.0Hz. That's a big expense for home power to be able to sell back excess into the grid is the gear to synchronize at 60.0Hz. If the power is out of phase, it reduces the power available on the grid and really pisses off all the other grid providers. <br>
<br>So I think he got the problem wrong. <br><br>Many providers don't provide a solid 110V (actually they provide something around 125kV that gets transformered down to house 110/220V.). A cost savings way to provide power is to be sloppy on the output power - i.e. provide 109V or 108V. <br>
<br>A power device expecting 110V and getting 109 or less loses efficiency and often that will cost either excess heat (which lowers lifetime) or simply produced less output (should not impact lifetime). My battery backups _really_ don't like the generator I have as the bottom end of the AC cycle is noisy and below 108V causing rapid switching. I was able to adjust the kick-in voltage and save the batteries (ugh! all due for replacement and $150+ each). <br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Doug Hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doughalldev@gmail.com" target="_blank">doughalldev@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I just had my air conditioner replaced yesterday, and the AC guy said something that I thought was interesting. He said that Alabama Power (my provider) was fairly good at producing power inexpensively, but bad at distributing it. He said that rather than the supposed 60hz that they're supposed to deliver, it's usually a little less than that - say around 58-59Hz. It's usually close enough to not fry everything from brownouts, but also low enough to lower the longevity of things like these energy-saving lights that are supposed to last ten years. This has been my experience, by the way. They tend to go bad after a couple of years (maybe).</div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:38 AM, Jim Lynch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com" target="_blank">ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On 08/12/2013 11:09 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:<br>
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I wish I could figure out a way to participate in the led market but the big box stores and online retailers eliminate most of the possibilities for little guys.<br>
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There's always the niche markets, like RV and boat users who are looking for better ways to conserve power.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Jim.</font></span><div><div><br>
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