RE: Complying with Australian regulations

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Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> 

How do you know?

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Sunday, 23 November 2003 12:04
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Complying with Australian regulations
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare"
 > <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
 >
 > Darn, glad I don't live there. If I did, I'd say screw it and
 > run all my HV
 > stuff off a generator (have to for the 25kw+ stuff or 3-phase
 > anyway) or
 > move to another country. Don't  know what the reasoning is for the 50v
 > thing, stepping it back up is just as "unsafe" as if it were
 > straight from
 > the plug with 120A behind it. I personally run all my stuff (<25 kw)
 > straight from the 240v mains in the basement, by the time the
 > 100A main
 > breaker pops the volts drop to about 215-220 and dims the entire
 > neighborhood (partly due to the Cinergy gas and power penny
 > pinching and
 > hooking entire blocks to paralleled  25-50 kva pigs spaced 2
 > blocks apart
 > rather than every house/building having it's own pig). Still,
 > in Cincinnati
 > I get more complaints for noise than brownouts (none actually
 > for those
 > here). Small towns are less forgiving since the entire town
 > and surrounding
 > area is affected. Ask me how I know ;).