Some doubt the effectiveness of Voltage Optimisation as they believe it may contravene ‘ Ohms Law’, this is not the case as the example below highlights:
- • If we take a load with a constant resistance of 100 Ohms, Ohms Law is V=IR
- • Suppose the voltage is 250V. Then the equation becomes 250 = I x 100. Therefore the current, I=250/100 or 2.5A
- • Now consider reduction of the voltage to 220V. As resistance is constant the current, I, now equals 220/100 or 2.2A
- • In this example power = volts x current, so when the voltage was 250V the power is 250x2.5 or 0.625kW whereas for the 220v example the power consumed is 220 x 2.2 or 0.484kW
- • And of course it is kWh that we are billed for
Voltage Optimisation reduces the work done by appliances, this does not in any way reduce their usefulness and it & also contributes to a longer lifespan
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