Re: Electricity consumption

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Plus there must be some losses dropping the voltage to 210V.  How much
of the already-less-than-10% saving will be eaten up by that I wonder?

Mal


John Andrews wrote:

>AFAIK if the supply is low, then you would still use the same as the
>appliance would pull more amps.
>And of cause the UPS would see it as a possible line fault and error
all
>the time - possibly.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of John Benfield
>Sent: 22 August 2005 20:46
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Electricity consumption
>
>
>For all of you that worry your electricity bill is far too high, there
>might be a device coming out to help you reduce your costs. Basically
it
>reduces the incoming mains voltage to something around 210v and keeps
it
>there. UK electricity runs at a nominally 230v +/-10% giving a wide
>range of possible voltages that appliances have to work over. The
device
>basically removes the variation and permanently reduces the voltage.
>
>Unfortunately this is not available to the UK domestic market yet,
>apparently trials are current being done, but it does look like
>something worth looking at in the future. Have a look here
>http://www.powerperfector.com/
>
>JB
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