Best outlet in the house

[KD0CAC]

I've always said that if you can not pick on your friends , who can ya pick-on

[NW9M]

I was going to say the best outlet is the one located in between the refrigerator and the bathroom.

[K8ERV]

I was going to say the best outlet is the one located in between the refrigerator and the bathroom.

I beat you to half of that.

TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo

[KC9UDX]

Your voltage is kinda low...sure the meter's right?

Must have been one of those Harbour-Freight freebies.

[N5TGL]

Must have been one of those Harbour-Freight freebies.

Actually, I'm using a Wavetek 25XT, but thanks for the cheap shot anyway.

[WB2WIK]

The voltage seems a little low. Possibly it varies more with load than ours does 'round here. I'm close to a substation.

[N5TGL]

The voltage seems a little low. Possibly it varies more with load than ours does 'round here. I'm close to a substation.

I am not that lucky!

Being that I live in South Texas, and it is the summer, I'm not completely surprised. However, I did check it again at 9:30 pm, which is past peak load and it read the same voltage. Asked another ham in the local area, he reported seeing similar voltage. Talked to my buddy on 2m who works at the power plant, he said he'd ask over there and see.

I am a bit out in the sticks, so I'm not super surprised it's 6v low.

[K8MHZ]

I am not that lucky!

Being that I live in South Texas, and it is the summer, I'm not completely surprised. However, I did check it again at 9:30 pm, which is past peak load and it read the same voltage. Asked another ham in the local area, he reported seeing similar voltage. Talked to my buddy on 2m who works at the power plant, he said he'd ask over there and see.

I am a bit out in the sticks, so I'm not super surprised it's 6v low.

POCo standards are +/- 5 percent. So for a 240 volt system, the range would be 228 - 252 volts. Even if they used the tighter 3 percent standards, the acceptable range would be 232.8 - 247.2 volts.

234 volts on a 240 volt system is well within acceptable standards.

[K8MHZ]

Your voltage is kinda low...sure the meter's right?

Ours never drops below 239 or so, and during "high demand" season like right now when everyone's running their A/C all the time, it actually goes up and sits around 244-245V. They increase the voltage purposely during high demand season so with all the load it never drops below 240.

Maybe they don't do that everywhere.

Hardly anywhere, in fact.

That's why AC units have a voltage range. I just checked a window unit and it's range is 103 to 126 volts.

[K8MHZ]

The voltage seems a little low. Possibly it varies more with load than ours does 'round here. I'm close to a substation.

Some residences in the US only have 120/208. Nearly all '240 volt' devices will operate on 208, believe it or not. What sucks is having to deal with a true 230-250 volt device a customer just paid dearly for only to find out they can't use it on 208, and never even knew they had 208 because all the other '240 volt' stuff worked with no apparent issues. That often leads 120/208 volt customers to the incorrect assumption they have a 120/240 volt system.