Summer – Air Conditioners – Power cuts – Low voltage
This is just a thought provoking post. We in Chennai are experiencing one of the most excruciating periods – SUMMER.
Recently we heard many people tell us that they have purchased an air conditioner but it fails to work because of too low a voltage at their home. A gentleman remarked today that off the three phases at his home, one phase was delivering only 80V. Yes, it was delivering 1/3 of the requirement for most appliances. In these extreme conditions no voltage stabilizer can start the power guzzling air conditioners.
Worse than this is that there have been reports of power being turned off during peak hours when almost all homes with AC turn them on and create a massive overload on the system. Small UPS and inverters cannot certainly power the air conditioners. What one really needs is a full blown generator running on diesel or kerosene to power these machines.
We had spoken about inverter technology based air conditioners. But mass adoption is a key to this. Most homes still have conventional air conditioners and this causes voltage drop issues.
How are you tackling a similar situation in your town/locality? Please leave your comments behind.
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Posted by Vivek
on May 19 2008 Filed under Air Conditioner.
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Dear Friends,
This is a healthy discussion and would like to add one more point. If you have a stabilizer which works from 140 V without , we need to check the minimum voltage requirement AC specification. In my case I have 1 Ton Carrer with 5 star + single booster and works fine at 170 V but it takes 330 Mins more for cooling.
there are dc powered airconditioners which was design to run on either 12 v or 24v it can run on solar power \,wind power or either direct current. the only problem is that its a little bit expensive rigth now.you can also create your own portable ac using a cooler box modified with a fan and ice or cold beverages,you can watch un youtube look for 12v airconditioner.
or look on this website http://www.homeenergyamericas.com/dc-air-conditioner