I went to a service call today to reduce the number of light poles that run at night to reduce the electric bill of $4000 and month. What I found was astonishing-
1. 3 phase breakers feeding single phase light poles.
2. the "B" phase was rotated among poles, so one pole was A,B, another B,C, etc...
3. Some poles were two diffrent phases and diffrent breakers.
Now my question is could this be part of the high electric bills? I was wondering if the unbalanced load of the light poles would cause the high bills? Each pole has 4 400W MH lamps. I am going back tommorow to put things right and am wondering if just doing that would reduce the bills.
1. 3 phase breakers feeding single phase light poles.
2. the "B" phase was rotated among poles, so one pole was A,B, another B,C, etc...
3. Some poles were two diffrent phases and diffrent breakers.
Now my question is could this be part of the high electric bills? I was wondering if the unbalanced load of the light poles would cause the high bills? Each pole has 4 400W MH lamps. I am going back tommorow to put things right and am wondering if just doing that would reduce the bills.