[sdiy] Low Voltage?

[Takuya KATAYAMA]

Hello TIA and the List;

I think there are some heavy user near your house.
If your house is an apartment type, some room installed air-conditioner
or other BIG loads.

Consult your power company.

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Takuya "PATA" Katayama at Muse Music Synthesizer Lab., Japan.

tb303head at earthlink.net wrote:

>Hi all,
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>I've noticed recently that the voltage in my house (well, guesthouse box :^)
>has been quite low.  I'd say this started to occur about 2-3 weeks
>ago -readings are regularly registering between 110-104 volts -104V is about
>the lowest I've seen, when there was a moderate amount of power being
>consumed (nowhere near the amount of gear I've had running simultaneously in
>the past with no low readings).  Just took a test RIGHT NOW and I read
>107.4V.  I've taxed the circuits more heavily in the past, and NEVER had
>readings this low (maybe 113 at the lowest?  I've been living in this place
>3+ years now, and am curious as to why this has developed.  I took a test of
>my landlord's circuits a couple weeks ago, and similar readings were
>measured. It doesn't seen to matter what time of day or night I
>measure -it's consistently in this range.  Is this the fault of the power
>company?  Anything else that could be causing this?
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>At times, I've also noticed some "popping" type noises in my audio,
>beginning at about the same time that the low readings started, and I've
>NEVER had a problem with this before (example -pulling the ceiling fan chain
>to change fan speed). Also, some 60 Hz type buzzing occurred for a couple of
>days when this all started, but that hasn't returned.  I've always had a
>VERY quiet setup, so this is alarming to me.  In terms of line
>filtering/power conditioning, I'm using Furman Rack Riders (these seem like
>glorified power strips/surge suppressors to me) but as I said, I've never
>had any of these problems before.  I know that low voltage can be damaging
>to gear, so any help is VERY appreciated.
>
>Thoughts?
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>TIA,
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