Reasons for differences

What causes such jumps? There are many reasons for this. It can’t just be urgent problems. The cause of these jumps can also be natural and man-made. The most important of them are:

1. Disconnect several powerful electrical appliances from the network at once. The apartment building uses a large amount of powerful electronic equipment. If there are old wires in the house, this is very dangerous. But such increases are occurring in new type homes. This is justified by the fact that the load is not designed to use powerful appliances, since the electrical system in the new house uses the old one. This happens as follows: when consumers are turned on, the electrical network feels a drop in current. If you turn off electrical appliances or one powerful device, sudden jumps will occur.
2. Unstable operation of a substation. Transformer substations that distribute and transmit energy in electricity networks were created, as a rule, a very long time ago. So the equipment that is installed and used there is a lot of wear and tear.
   In addition, most transformers, due to increased electricity use, operate with constant overload. As a result, unexpected failure of substations occurs and, consequently, power surges and power surges.
3. The electrical network and failure in its operation. All cities and villages of the country are surrounded by a large number of power lines. Today’s world is unable to exist without electricity. But the electricity network, which was built many years ago, has not improved, but on the contrary has become unusable.
   This means that accidents, line breaks and short circuits are a completely normal reaction of transmission lines, and their consequences are not good. Such incidents lead to consequences such as power surges and energy storms.
4. Zero break or ground loosening. Electricity parameters can change due to zero outages.
   This is one of the most serious accidents that cause a major change in the transmission line. As a result, all electrical equipment that is plugged into the outlet burns out. Even those that don’t work, but are just connected.

What harm can racing cause?

Electrical network, the voltage of which is constantly rising, carries a threat to household appliances. Since household appliances are expensive, the issue of protecting them from sudden changes is very relevant today. If the power supply is of poor quality, the voltage can reach 380V, and drop to 180V, when the standard is 220V with a permissible error of 10%.

But such tolerance can cause a lot of problems in people’s lives. Perhaps for household appliances this only requires a reduction in operating life, but for such devices where the exact value is important – this is already a big problem. For example, it can be laboratory, any medical equipment or various production equipment. Power surges cause severe damage.

How do you deal with this phenomenon?

What are the ways to combat voltage drops and what to do to solve this problem? Of course, the most optimal way is if the electricity grid of one house and its distribution system are completely replaced. After all, if you completely replace the wiring in the apartment, this will not save it from drops.

In order to make the consequences of jumps in the transmission line less harmful, several solutions are used:

• Relay When the voltage changes, this device disconnects electrical appliances from power. When the parameters stabilize, the relay automatically connects the devices to the network.
• Stabilizers. About what voltage stabilizers are, tell us in the corresponding article.
• Uninterruptible power supply. Instructions for choosing a UPS for home we also provided on the site!

Protecting equipment from power surges with the help of these devices will be the perfect solution

How is the damage compensated?

Don’t know where to go and where to complain in the event of a home appliance malfunction due to a power surge in the transmission line?

The Energy and Housing Offices are responsible for this. Therefore, first of all, you need to go there. As soon as such an unpleasant moment occurs, you must immediately go or call the housing office and leave an application. After the damage is fixed on paper, you should go to court.

The current electricity grid is constantly down. In order for this network with its problems not to cause damage to property, it is necessary to try to protect it with special devices. However, if this happened and the differentials for household appliances broke down, you should write a statement in the housing office. After all, they are responsible for the electrical network and its stable operation.

Therefore, we examined the causes of power surges in the electricity network and how to deal with them. We hope that the information provided is useful to you!