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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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  • Campervan, with decent blown air heating too, around 5 kW, if I want it, shared between bottled gas and the supply via the site pole transformer. Joining good music friends there, pub 5 van site on the Suffolk coast, near the Sizewell nuclear plant if I need some extra energy, live music every night, and normally have a great time, hail, rain or shine, and no whinging bugs there either, don't know why this site piuts up with them, but I guess there's always one!

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  • Campervan, with decent blown air heating too, around 5 kW, if I want it, shared between bottled gas and the supply via the site pole transformer. Joining good music friends there, pub 5 van site on the Suffolk coast, near the Sizewell nuclear plant if I need some extra energy, live music every night, and normally have a great time, hail, rain or shine, and no whinging bugs there either, don't know why this site piuts up with them, but I guess there's always one!

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