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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?

  • I'm staying in the Suffolk countryside later in the week, and aware of quite a few pole "transformers", there, including one on a small campsite I'm staying at, so I'll be taking a closer look.
  • I agrre Andy, but now I'm onboard, I'm also looking at a lot of other aspects of their energy usage and equipment, as can see so many improvement opportunities, so once the supply issue is resolved, I'll be looking in to these too, that is of course if they want me to.
  • Hey flywheel your camping this time of year? Your brave  just to be sure have you stocked up on lemsip?
  • "So once the supply issue is resolved"

    The supply issue was resolved long ago. A DNO engineer attended and over a week all checks were completed. It not rocket science, (well not to some of us.) The issue is the overloaded supply which the "adviser" does not feel it is any of my business! 

    Regards, UKPN. ?
  • Our esteemed "adviser" won't feel the cold Kelly, there will be so much hot air around him.!!!???

    Regards, UKPN

  • UKPN:

    "So once the supply issue is resolved"

    The supply issue was resolved long ago. A DNO engineer attended and over a week all checks were completed. It not rocket science, (well not to some of us.) The issue is the overloaded supply which the "adviser" does not feel it is any of my business! 

    Regards, UKPN. ?




    From the original post:

     

    “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”


    Is that to be expected or reasonable?


    Andy Betteridge
  • 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!

  • Would that be The Butcher’s Arms in Aldeburgh?


    Regards,


    Alan.
  • No, even closer Alan, the Vulcan Arms, many good friends in the area from as far back as the A station building days, great place to visit any time of year, and some excellent pubs in the area too. How do you know of the Butchers Arms?

  • "DNO engineer has recently collected a, weeks worth of site voltage and in my opinion has misrepresented the data and I will be strongly questioning this"

    You can picture the scenario, the DNO guy has done service checks for years, volts, earth loop, pscc, pfc, size of cables, size of trannys, load on the network, he has his very own model 8 to be absolutely sure. He lives and dies electricity, he started with the old electricity board. He has an army of colleagues to call on in the worst case. He did his apprenticeship, worked his way up from linesman to engineer. He was in the hurricane of 1987 doing 12 hour days. But this day was to be his biggest challenge. He would meet Flywheel. Radioactive

    Regards, UKPN.