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Minimum Voltage at incoming supply point

Retired now and not up to date with reg’s since 16th. Helping advise a friend. Currently they have 100amp single phase supply and whilst the no load voltage is up at around 238 volts, as the circuit is loaded, voltage drops off substantially. Even with a load of 50 amps, ie, half the supply fuse rating, voltage is slightly below the -6% limit, at around 215 volts, further load simply pushes voltage significantly lower, and by extrapolating measured data, it would be nearer 170 volts with a load of 100 amps, is this acceptable? I plan measuring Ze and pfc this week as a guide perhaps to supply loop impedance and, which I suspect must be causing this excessive drop. I’m aware of the ESQCR reg’s although need to update myself, but are there any other regulations that apply?

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  • Thanks Broadgage. And yes, I had been wondering about the supply being limited to below the 100 amps  (but even if only 60 amps, voltage is still out of spec) of the intake fuse currently fitted, and I will be seeking to clarify this.  (it’s a very long run to the supply transformer, with old lead sheathed cables too, so likely to be TN-S). Yes, voltage was measured at supply input. DNO engineer has very recently collected a weeks worth of site voltage and current data, and in my opinion, has misinterpreted the data , and I will be strongly questioning this. First though, I am meeting a particularly reliable electrician on site today (one of few that I could rely on during my time as a Council Electrical Contracts engineer/manager, one of my "hobbies" after retiring early from main engineering career) to use his recently calibrated tester, to measure Ze and the pfc, and I’ll get him to also compare measured voltage with that recorded by my multimeter used (although not recently calibrated, I do regularly compare it with some of my other multimeters, to get confidence in the indications). 

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  • Thanks Broadgage. And yes, I had been wondering about the supply being limited to below the 100 amps  (but even if only 60 amps, voltage is still out of spec) of the intake fuse currently fitted, and I will be seeking to clarify this.  (it’s a very long run to the supply transformer, with old lead sheathed cables too, so likely to be TN-S). Yes, voltage was measured at supply input. DNO engineer has very recently collected a weeks worth of site voltage and current data, and in my opinion, has misinterpreted the data , and I will be strongly questioning this. First though, I am meeting a particularly reliable electrician on site today (one of few that I could rely on during my time as a Council Electrical Contracts engineer/manager, one of my "hobbies" after retiring early from main engineering career) to use his recently calibrated tester, to measure Ze and the pfc, and I’ll get him to also compare measured voltage with that recorded by my multimeter used (although not recently calibrated, I do regularly compare it with some of my other multimeters, to get confidence in the indications). 

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