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>>> snipped-for-privacy@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
>>> news:o7fjft$sj3$ snipped-for-privacy@pcls7.std.com Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:11:25 GMT >>
>>>> Up the street from me, they upgraded a MV distribution circuit
>>>> from a lower voltage to a higher one (13,800V I believe).
>>
>>> Have they been adding on to the circuits in your area? New buildings,
>>> etc? What was the previous voltage?
>>
>> No new construction/new loads in that area. It may have been done to
>> allow that circuit to provide an additional 13.8K feed to a medical center
>> a ways upstream. I am uncertain of the old voltage but the nameplate for a
>> regulator transformer on a nearby old circuit reads 2400V which seems kind
>> of low. The utility seems to have been upgrading other older/lower voltage
>> circuits in the area as well.
>
>In my neighbourhood the top line is usually 1600V, with one or a few
>pole pigs per block to make 120-0-120V. Of course we're about half a
>mile from the substation.
>
>Cheers
>
>Phil Hobbs
The top line running down my street is 7200 volts. Maybe that's because I live in a rural area. It seems high to me but the guy from PSE told me that it is not unusual, at least where I live. Eric