Volt drop at the intake - Just looking to compare with sunny Thailand.

Thanks everyone, those are the sort of numbers I was expecting, it's not something I ever measured "back home".


We have an AVR (automatic voltage regulator) which keeps the important stuff at steady 220V if the supply is above about 160V (basically a motorised variac).


I went to look at a mate's new place a couple of weeks back, he was down to 150V at 5A!! (luckily they live very simply) Drop at the meter was insignificant, but at the other end of the 800m "tails"... Turns out whoever had run the cable had used a motley mix of assorted aluminium and copper as small as 6mm2 with a multitude of taped joints. He's got a couple of km of 95mm2 aluminium on the way (copper is just $$$ and has a nasty habit of wandering off in the night).

Thanks everyone, those are the sort of numbers I was expecting, it's not something I ever measured "back home".


We have an AVR (automatic voltage regulator) which keeps the important stuff at steady 220V if the supply is above about 160V (basically a motorised variac).


I went to look at a mate's new place a couple of weeks back, he was down to 150V at 5A!! (luckily they live very simply) Drop at the meter was insignificant, but at the other end of the 800m "tails"... Turns out whoever had run the cable had used a motley mix of assorted aluminium and copper as small as 6mm2 with a multitude of taped joints. He's got a couple of km of 95mm2 aluminium on the way (copper is just $$$ and has a nasty habit of wandering off in the night).