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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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  • The house in question is big enough and complex enough to have its own BMS system, and if it were mine, I'd have one, as a priority, and yes, it does have underfloor heating, mostly from house heat pump warmed water, but I notice system does have a 16 amp immersion in the storage tank too, and it's on auto!

    I don't know how familiar you are with refrigeration systems, but I'd be worried about just how the evaporator superheat temperature in a pool application, could possibly be high enough in the very cold weather to boil off refrigerant before it gets back to compressor. Ah, think I’ve answered part of my question that I asked on the other thread, I’ll give that some further thought. Have just emailed Mitsubishi to see if I can get some pool application data from them. Now what was the original question in this thread?!


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  • The house in question is big enough and complex enough to have its own BMS system, and if it were mine, I'd have one, as a priority, and yes, it does have underfloor heating, mostly from house heat pump warmed water, but I notice system does have a 16 amp immersion in the storage tank too, and it's on auto!

    I don't know how familiar you are with refrigeration systems, but I'd be worried about just how the evaporator superheat temperature in a pool application, could possibly be high enough in the very cold weather to boil off refrigerant before it gets back to compressor. Ah, think I’ve answered part of my question that I asked on the other thread, I’ll give that some further thought. Have just emailed Mitsubishi to see if I can get some pool application data from them. Now what was the original question in this thread?!


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