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RE: Overvoltage condition on my outlet -- will a Premier work properly?

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In Reply to: RE: Overvoltage condition on my outlet -- will a Premier work properly? posted by KBL_jazzfool on July 03, 2008 at 15:28:40

This sounds very odd. Your house wiring runs to a panel box in which every circuit connects to one of two banks of circuit breakers or fuses. All of the circuits on the same side of the box are essentially part of one big curcuit, which means the voltage at any outlet should be very close to the voltage at any outlet on the same circuit and on any circuit on the same side of the panel. You might see a very small difference in the voltages between circuits depending on the loads they're carrying, but definitely not a 10-15V difference. If you're getting 130-135V, that's high and I'd call the power company. It will increase your power consumption and possibly shorten the life of some devices (incandescent bulbs for sure).

To answer your question, though, I think the overvoltage protection in all of PSAs products kicks in somewhere in the range you're describing. IMO, the right answer is to figure out why you're seeing such high voltages.

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Thanks skytag! - KBL_jazzfool 03:53:09 07/04/08 (1)
- RE: Thanks skytag! - skytag 11:49:03 07/04/08 (0)

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