So the PR power company LUMA is sending 130V/260V to my friend's house - saying they have to to get enough Voltage further down the line to neighbors. That doesn't smell right. They've been notified several times, but no results yet. Anyone have thoughts or suggestions - or just thoughts and prayers. :^)
@FireMonkey This is NOT my field, so YMMV. I would ask a master electrician or similar, but per the specs I can find online, this seems to be outside the acceptable bounds for the US based on ANSI C84.1, which appears to allow up to 126/127 volts as a maximum. Link below is a jumping-off point, but you can also find the ANSI spec by search. I am also unsure if PR is generally subject to the same rules and guidelines.
https://www.pge.com/includes/docs/pdfs/mybusiness/customerservice/energystatus/powerquality/voltage_tolerance.pdf
@codeWhisperer
That's also my assessment. PR does use the usual up to date US codes and standards, in a Puerto Rican way of course. Gracias por tu ayudar.
@FireMonkey Es mi placer. We're all in it together.
Actually, it sounds like you need this guy to come and fix everything.
Sorry, I'm booked.
@mcfate @codeWhisperer
Are you sure - you'll get a Caribbean vacay out of the deal. Just supply your own holy water.
Nope, after a million-plus miles, I've taken a vow against travel.
@codeWhisperer
Her kitchen lights come on only when she turns on the induction cooktop and they get brighter the more burners and the higher the heat. I looked behind every switch and light fixture to try to figure out how those were connected, but the breaker box is too full of extra wire to even trace things. I tested a few breakers and looked for crossed connections but couldn't come up with a fix.
@FireMonkey ouch. That sounds very scary.
@codeWhisperer
I think there's a hot neutral somewhere.
Told her it's now above my pay grade.
@FireMonkey Agreed. Again, not an electrician, but sure sounds quite dangerous.
@codeWhisperer
Makes for a quick slice of toast though.
@FireMonkey That's OK, I guess... as long as it doesn't become a quick way to roast marshmallows.
@LnzyHou @codeWhisperer
After 4 hours I sewed it all back together and walked away from it, defeated. She had three electricians previously looked at it but they all walked away after they saw 136/270volts.
Years ago, a friend’s finance’ died in his 30’s from messing with wiring in his attic. 220 is deadly.
@LnzyHou @codeWhisperer
Yes it is, I get buzzed occasionally by 110, but am VERY careful with 220. And yet Europe appears to be completely 220. How they do that?
My friend’s guy had no idea 220 was run in attic.
That's a damned shame, I'm sorry for your friend. :^(
Please be careful
I am careful.
Thank you for your concern.
It is welcome.
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@FireMonkey @codeWhisperer @LnzyHou Everything has a natural cycle. For humans its 60hz. Electricity being the same freq. in the US disrupts our body's own systems. Europe electricty is 50hz much safer even at higher voltages. The 130v to get to the neighbors house is BS - I think its amperage that reduces with distance not voltage.
@Lucky188 @codeWhisperer @LnzyHou
Thanks, I think you're right. It's power, not pipe. Didn't think about it too hard as either way the supply is out of their control.
@Lucky188 @codeWhisperer @LnzyHou
Wait, what?
Our bodies are on 60 Hz?
@FireMonkey @LnzyHou @codeWhisperer Yes they are, its created other problems than easy electricution in theus - like head aches associated with florescent lights and older CRT monitors that were by nature 60hz as well.
@FireMonkey @codeWhisperer I rented a room in Columbus where the outlet my clock radio was plugged in would occasionally go to 220. After buying me a third new one the landlord and I traced circuits and found that if the light in the seldom used third floor bathroom was on it would cause the 220. We reconnected the light correctly, problem solved. Good luck to you, but clearly the light and stove are in series somehow…
@codeWhisperer
I told her she needs a priest/electrician to do an exorcism.