Help with Partial Outage in NY

cqueen40 said:
Last night, July 16, the ACs were again having trouble staying on. I am going to ask my landlord to add another breaker and if he doesn't, I will withhold August rent. It was in the 80s last night so didn't make sense, that it was cutting out again. Ughh. Thanks for everyone's advice :)
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You could add 20 breakers but it will not do a thing for low voltage.
 
ptonsparky said:
You could add 20 breakers but it will not do a thing for low voltage.
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What do you mean exactly? I am not asking for just a new breaker but new wiring for a new breaker or two. Currently, my two ACs and fridge are running off one 15a. Last night I don’t think it was a low voltage issue because there was no reported brownout.

Do you have a suggestion on what I should exactly be asking for? Thanks so much
 
Voltage was steady at my apartment in brooklyn.
Other than a dip at 4 pm or 4 am
I would swap ACs first . My Midea u shaped ACs don’t have problems with lowered voltage.
It’s most likely power company problem of not having sufficient grid for the demand.
 

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In nyc landlord does not have to upgrade your electrical. Other than some hpd violations like not having receptacle in bathroom.

One time landlord did not allow us to install AC line for an elderly renting rent controlled apartment hoping she would pass away sooner so he could renovate and charge more for the apartment.
 

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My window ACs are inverters so compressor is DC . Prolly that’s why are not affected by VD.
Due to recall there is a bunch of them on free market.
 
darekelec said:
My window ACs are inverters so compressor is DC . Prolly that’s why are not affected by VD.
Due to recall there is a bunch of them on free market.
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interesting those are large BTUs though from what I see online. LL is going to send electrician again to diagnose issue and go from there. Certified mail sent out too from my end. Let's see
 
The whole electrical Infrastructure needs updating. Both the building and the utility. I have seen plenty of equipment when you get down to below 108-106 volts it just will not work. If someone thinks things will fly at 100 volts it will not work.

NYC and the "green agenda" wan't to take the 1000s of steam heated building and do away with fossil fuels and go heat pump.

Never happen unttil the grid is updated.
 
cqueen40 said:
Last night, July 16, the ACs were again having trouble staying on. I am going to ask my landlord to add another breaker and if he doesn't, I will withhold August rent. It was in the 80s last night so didn't make sense, that it was cutting out again. Ughh. Thanks for everyone's advice :)
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Compressor cant start and trips overload due to low voltage and then tries to start again and again. Those older building were not built with AC in mind it had barely been invented then.

My strong advice is if its not cooling unplug it or you will kill the ac trying to run it on low voltage.
 
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