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Mains power voltage drop to reduce usage?
Nov 06, 2022
Last reply: 2 years ago
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Are you telling me the media used hype, exaggeration, and possibly even downright lies?
so what is the current shortage about then?
I'm in the UK, but mine isn't grounded at my house, I rely on the ground at the transformer. But it would be difficult to lose as it's the same armoured cable as the live.
Is that pole actually in someone's driveway?!
Some new (about 10 year old) houses were built near me. They have everything underground except the phone wires. Did they forget or what?
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Use a less fussy browser.
Works fine for me in the UK without any VPN active. I wonder why they block Spain and not UK?
Security is overrated. I prefer things to work.
If they're 90 degrees apart, it's real two-phase power and they're running a house-sized stepper motor.
That would be insignificant. And we're talking about PEAK usage remember.
They don't lower the voltage that much.
Communism! ARGH!
Even resistive heating is better than a furnace. Except for gas being cheaper for some reason.
No they won't do that, that would allow us to channel flick to a station without ads.
I record or download everything anyway, no ads or fast forward ads.
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I can't begin to imagine how complicated GFIs are in the US. In the UK, the live should equal the neutral. If it doesn't, it cuts out. But I don't use them anyway. Safety third! I hate false trips.
Incandescent?!
Ouch, I have enough trouble with my aluminium internet line. Apparently in 1979 aluminium was a lot cheaper than copper.
Did you make sure the new pipes went through your meter? :-)
Americans just like to boast. Y'all got 2 phases here! British folk don't do that!
Yes. Late-70s.
Ah, I assumed it wasn't a recount of such a long time ago.
around here everyone has got three phases, much more sensible
Depends. Do you have 3 phase motors? What's the total kW you can draw? Isn't it annoying to try to share it equally between the phases?
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