Has a Tea Party movement started up in the UK ?
Chris and Jon should lead the way :-))
jh
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Purchase of new camera case successful
> Thanks for that Jon. But there is something you can do about it: move
> supplier, complain to your current supplier, to Ofgen etc ...
>
> And, don't you start sounding like an American broadcaster, asking your
> own questions ....
>
> ... or Conservative MP :-)
>
> Chris
> On 25 Feb 2010, at 20:26, Jon Mitchell wrote:
>
>> FWIW, we looked into this at work recently - problems at some of our
>> sites
>> with very low voltage. UK spec was changed recently to harmonise across
>> Europe. I don't have the exact figures to hand, but it used to be
>> something
>> like 220v in Europe and 240v in UK. Now it is 230v in UK and the rest of
>> Europe. How did they get away without changing all of the National Grid,
>> substations, etc. ? They fudged the error-factor so now UK is something
>> like 230v +15%/-6% and rest of Europe is something like 230v +6%/-15%.
>> Phase is much more accurately defined, and has a far smaller margin
>> before
>> it becomes "out of spec" - but that was always the same across UK &
>> Europe
>> anyway. In reality, nothing has changed in the power supplied either in
>> UK
>> or rest of Europe, but now manufacturers have to cope with a wider
>> voltage
>> range if they want to sell products across Europe.
>>
>> Anyway, back to the point, yes - in theory the power companies are
>> required
>> to maintain a consistent voltage (within an alarmingly wide margin of
>> error). In practise, however, they regularly do not maintain this.
>> Especially in more rural areas. But who can do anything about it ? As
>> someone else said here - the general attitude of the power companies is
>> "you
>> get what you're given".
>>
>> Does it suck ? Yes. Does it bother me ? A little. I know a couple of
>> SERIOUS hi-fi nuts who have taken matters into their own hands and
>> installed
>> some serious power-conditioning units (basically, AC-DC-AC conversion)
>> and
>> run a separate ring-main just for their hi-fi components. Can I hear a
>> difference ? Well, yes - but more to the point is that the cost of the
>> hi-fi kit in question means it is worth a sizeable investment in power
>> conditioning to stop it going boom when the power drops (or rises) out of
>> spec.
>>
>> Gosh. 2 topics in a week that I can reply to with some experience !
>> What
>> is this list coming to ... ;-)
>
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