What's your mains voltage ?
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#16 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
The supply to our house comes from overhead cables running up the road. Originally thes had five individual cables (three phases, return and earth, at a guess) which to my know certain knowledge haven’t been touched since 1963, and probably date back to when electricity first came to the village in the late 30s. I noticed over the last few years that the insulation beading has been falling off, the birds love it for nesting. Recently, span by span Western Power have been replacing it with twisted four-way cable. I found an off cut and was surprised that the conductors are aluminium and the insulation appears to be polythene. Weighs nothing!
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#17 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
Yep, copper is too expensive now.
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#18 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
I’ve never caught it lower than 240 neither 250 most times 245
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#19 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
Its flickering here between 245 and 247v
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#20 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
Very interesting - mostly pretty high - so it looks like it's only Dave and Andrew who are weird ?
I suppose the only ones I'm missing, which are relevant to me visiting, are Owston and Colin's. Hmm... obviously not long before Owston can be checked. I'll ping Colin an email.
Thanks all
I suppose the only ones I'm missing, which are relevant to me visiting, are Owston and Colin's. Hmm... obviously not long before Owston can be checked. I'll ping Colin an email.
Thanks all
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#21 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
234.4 volts...
Cool eh!
Cool eh!
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#23 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
Owston's the other side of Donny from me, but I've just checked and it's 250V.
I haven't checked mains AC for a good while but it was always around 243V I seem to recall, but that would have been in the evening when there's probably greater demand.
I haven't checked mains AC for a good while but it was always around 243V I seem to recall, but that would have been in the evening when there's probably greater demand.
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#24 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
"None taken!"IslandPink wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:16 pm .... so it looks like it's only Dave and Andrew who are weird ?
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#25 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
Hang on ... I intended for offence to be taken !
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#26 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
Missed me entirely...
Philosophers have only interpreted the world - the point, however, is to change it. No it isn't ... maybe we should leave it alone for a while.
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#27 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
You can't insult me, I'm too ignorant!
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#28 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
I'm far too nice.
Philosophers have only interpreted the world - the point, however, is to change it. No it isn't ... maybe we should leave it alone for a while.
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#29 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
Eat dirt, low-voltage boy !!
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#30 Re: What's your mains voltage ?
The votes are in from Bacup - and it's 244V and 246V !
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