From: whit3rd@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, July 13, 2020 at 8:31:34 AM UTC-7, default wrote:   
   > I have an older window air conditioner that I'd like to hang on to for   
   > a few more years.  The name plate says it is 220 VAC and since the   
   > power company went through and upgraded the distribution network and   
   > replaced HT and transformers my service which had been running 210-220   
   > volts is now a steady 250 volts and my bill is up ~15%.   
   ...   
      
   > I was wondering if putting in 240 VAC to 24VAC center tapped, 10 amp   
   > power transformer, wired to buck the voltage makes any sense?   
      
   It doesn't make much sense to me; ask, instead, the power company to   
   adjust the line voltage to an acceptable value.   The taps in their   
   transmission line drops are the solution to many such problems, if   
   they know that you have found an excessive voltage.   I'm not sure   
   250V average is excessive, but if there are peaks and dips...   
      
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