wire twister
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I have an instance at my own residence where I am being hit with temporary over voltages of around 300 volts or so line to line that last several seconds. Unfortunately the POCO says that they see no way that this could be happening but my energy meter and destroyed equipment proves otherwise. My question to you folks is, what scenario can you guys come up with that could explain why this might be happening.
It seems to happen at random times of the day and does not correlate to anything I can think of in the house. I can say that this has been the coldest winter we have had since I lived at this residence. There are a lot of splices, about 1/2 a dozen, on the primaries as they make their way to my pole mounted transformer. The service goes down the pole and underground to the meter base on the house. I am about a quarter mile from the sub station. I have been informed that the transformer feeding my residence is loaded at 139% but it is permissible to load it to 180%.
Any ideas? I'm clueless about the high voltage supply and distribution side of things.
It seems to happen at random times of the day and does not correlate to anything I can think of in the house. I can say that this has been the coldest winter we have had since I lived at this residence. There are a lot of splices, about 1/2 a dozen, on the primaries as they make their way to my pole mounted transformer. The service goes down the pole and underground to the meter base on the house. I am about a quarter mile from the sub station. I have been informed that the transformer feeding my residence is loaded at 139% but it is permissible to load it to 180%.
Any ideas? I'm clueless about the high voltage supply and distribution side of things.