Re: 251 volts and counting

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 19, 12:17=A0am, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> nick markowitz <nmarkow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >That little AM radio station I take care of sounded bad today. So i go
> >up to the transmit site and after doing some readings find 251 volts
> >coming in. from the power company.
> >I shut everything down and called power company to inform them.
> >apparently they where trying to boost up the lines to this rural area
> >due to the 92 degree day very unusual for around here.
>
> That's nuts. =A0I wonder how many claims they are going to get for destro=
ying
> equipment.
>
> Around here (Houston) that never happens because it's expected that every=
one
> will be running their A/C's. =A0I do remember one time it got bad enough =
where
> they had to implement "rolling blackouts" to keep up supply. =A0Everyone =
was shut
> off for 30-45 minutes in a rotation on the grid so no one area had to suf=
fer a
> complete extended loss of service.

Our electrical grid is very old around here they are slowly upgrading
it but the heat is putting a severe strain on it.
Even  local papers ran article about all the transformers popping.