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Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe  A couple of years ago we had the exact opposite problem. In the summer our voltage dropped to 90 volts. It turned out to be a very overloaded transformer that had seen better days. Our local electric utility is publicly owned and are very good at trouble shooting. They found the problem in less than an hour, had the transformer torn down and a new larger one installed in one afternoon and we have no had any problems since. We also had a problem with the lights flickering anytime there was any wind and that turned out to be a crimping problem at the pole and that too was also fixed in one afternoon.
Surge voltages and over voltage problems are very damaging to equipment and should be fixed ASAP. It sounds like you are on the right path. I would not use any of your equipment until the problem is solved. If they cannot fix the problem in a short period of time you can purchase TOPAZ or other isolation transformers with a variable secondary so you can at least get the voltage to a safer level.
Best of Luck! |
Thanks, I have spoken to PSEG and they claim to have come out to check the pole, today the units are reading at 126-129. The last time this happened it took about 4 days before the reading was normal.
Thanks for your suggestion about the Topaz, I am going to look into it since that was going to be my next post,
What are the high end users doing to control the ac feeding the studio?
I have complete access to my main panel, since I am renovating the basement now, everything is wide open and the studio is on the first floor, also on the plus side, I had the main service to the house replaced in 2004.
I know the monster strips are not the best solution, but I am glad I have em and they did do what I would have wanted by shutting down.
I'm going to look into the Topaz now and other high end units.
Thanks