Electricity Voltage

[SHL]

Was at a friends place this past weekend and his inverter was showing 192V input from the grid which is way below what should be supplied. Will this not cause any damage to appliances etc ?

My inverter shows input of 238V from the grid.

 

[Okty]

Could be risky.

Depending also on the manufacturers of different equipment when it come to AC lower voltages.

For example:

https://www.electrical-installation.org/enwiki/Maximum_voltage_drop_limit

Here they state a maximum of 8% drop for AC motors.

DC converters should be ok, since most of them works from 110 V AC .

Best is to try and sort it out, i.e. most likely something at the transformer.

 

[TheChamp]

Our electricity in the village is occasionally around that, especially at peak hours, no noticeable damage to anything so far.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Was at a friends place this past weekend and his inverter was showing 192V input from the grid which is way below what should be supplied. Will this not cause any damage to appliances etc ?

My inverter shows input of 238V from the grid.

192 is a tad low but it does fluxuated not set to 240 all the time eg


My incoming power from Sunday

Just means it will kick up the amps to get the same Watts
Watts = Amps x Volts

What is key and can cause problems is the cycles (50 hz)

 

[RudderVator]

Was at a friends place this past weekend and his inverter was showing 192V input from the grid which is way below what should be supplied. Will this not cause any damage to appliances etc ?

My inverter shows input of 238V from the grid.

Only really motors that don't enjoy low voltages aka brownouts. They overheat.
Think aircon, fridge compressors etc.

The opposite happens to electronics. They tend to dislike spikes or surges where the voltage is high.

Make sure that you get 192V at all the points in the house. Have seen older homes with dodgy electrics that might have low voltage only at certain places.