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ABC News posted a story re: Jacked Mains Voltage is increasing power bills
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schmitt trigger:
Or he's got a hemp farm in his basement.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: optoisolated on November 08, 2018, 02:20:03 am ---https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-08/high-voltage-fuelling-increased-electricity-consumption/10460212  :-/O
"I was getting up once every three or four months to change light globes," he told 7.30. "And this is what led me to look at voltage.
"I'm being force-fed more electricity than I need," he said. After he realised the scale of the problem he started a company that specialises in filtering out extra voltage in homes and businesses.
7.30 visited his house in Melbourne on a day when the grid was delivering electricity at 254 volts — just above the allowable voltage limit.

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I saw this segment and they didn't show 254V, it was 244V
I'd love to know how he's going to "filter out extra voltage"

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: tombi on November 08, 2018, 03:35:04 am ---Wouldn't anything with an SMPS use *less* current at higher voltages (by just varying the switching cycle) and so consume the same power? Ditto anything with a thermostat will just turn off sooner and consume the same energy. So unless he is running a lot of incandescent globes where does this $1200 figure come from?

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He either made it up or is just plain wrong.

Other parts of the story were cringe worthy, interviewing a couple who said something like "we feel as though we are using extra power"  :palm:

Bassman59:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on November 09, 2018, 12:58:57 am ---
--- Quote from: optoisolated on November 08, 2018, 02:20:03 am ---https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-08/high-voltage-fuelling-increased-electricity-consumption/10460212  :-/O
"I was getting up once every three or four months to change light globes," he told 7.30. "And this is what led me to look at voltage.
"I'm being force-fed more electricity than I need," he said. After he realised the scale of the problem he started a company that specialises in filtering out extra voltage in homes and businesses.
7.30 visited his house in Melbourne on a day when the grid was delivering electricity at 254 volts — just above the allowable voltage limit.

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I saw this segment and they didn't show 254V, it was 244V
I'd love to know how he's going to "filter out extra voltage"

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He's gonna put a honkin' big power resistor in series with his mains feed!
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 08, 2018, 07:42:11 am ---The light globes didn't last much longer, but by now, compact fluorescent globes were being pushed hard, as having longer life, as well as being more efficient.

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The lights in the video the guy was complaining about changing more frequently were in sealed enclosures.
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