Re: Voltage Optimisation ?

[Simon Haslam <simon_haslam@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this came up on here about 6 months ago so worth a search.
IIRC the=
consensus seemed to be that you're putting the same power in either way (t=
hough whether most power supplies are slightly more efficient at 220V
inste=
ad of 240V as that's what they're designed for I don't know). Things like
i=
ncandescent light bulbs presumably burn a little less brightly. Either way
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23% pa sounds extremely high even if it was saving energy by running your
l=
ights more dimly and the washing machine spinning more slowly. This chap
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dn't have one of those magnetic scale inhibitor jobbies too did he? ;-)



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From: Marcus Warrington
To: "ukha_d@xxxxxxx" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>=20
Sent: Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 8:59
Subject: [ukha_d] Voltage Optimisation ?
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The guys who installed my solar panels (which I'm very pleased with) also
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entioned that they supply and fit voltage optimisation units. Specifically
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one of the guys has already installed the Voltis VH60 unit in his own
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and recons he's seeing a reduction of around 23%. The cost supplied and fi=
tted is around =C2=A3440+vat with a payback period of between 4 to 5 years.

Using the SunnyExplorer software I've used our solar inverter to check our
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incoming voltage which does seems to be average around 246-248v most of
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time, so plenty of potential reduction down to 220v.

Has anyone else on the list had experience or opinions on these types of
un=
it ?

Marcus

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