Dirty Hydro?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:35:28PM -0400, Duncan MacGregor wrote:
> Last year, in Toronto, I had a strange thing happen with my aging TV set, a 
> 28" Hitachi.
> 
> From July through to September, it would not turn on reliably. (The power 
> switch is of the 'instant-on' variety.) Then in late September, it 
> consistently worked fine again.
> 
> Since the end of September last year I wondered if this was some sort of 
> low-voltage experiment on the part of Hydro. 

It appears that it is considered normal practice to reduce the voltage
by up to 3% whenever the electrical system is close to reaching it's
capacity limits, which of course happens mostly during the summer.

On the other hand I would be surprised that the electronics parts
would't have a good enough voltage regulator to not care one way or the
other.  It almost seems more likely that the house being hotter or more
humid could cause the problem.

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Len Sorensen
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