Grid
power in Bangladesh is sporadic at the best of times with regular load
shedding (power outages) due to the fact that electrical demand is much
greater than the available supply, especially during the hot seasons. A
year ago November the hospital was able to obtain a priority line that
has reduced load shedding on average a couple hours per day which has
been a great blessing. Even with this new priority line voltage
conditions at the hospital have been consistently low (regular brownouts
with voltage as low as 150-180v when designed to receive 220v). When
the voltage drops below a certain point the campus generators would have
to be turn on so that medical equipment, hospital compressors and even
florescent light would work properly. In order to fix this issue a new
voltage regulator was purchased for the hospital which will correct the
worst of brownouts and supply the hospital with required voltages. This
new AVR is of special importance to the new hospital building as the
proposed Oxygen & Suction machines, Elevators, Chiller, Medical
equipment, etc. all require stabilized voltage. Over the past month this
new unit has been keeping the voltage very stable. (One can not tell
the difference from the generator supply or grid supply vs previously
when the generator was on lights and fans etc. all ran about 25%
brighter/faster.)
Inside the new voltage regulator panel
Energypac and the workshop connecting the lines back into the existing transformer
AVR, Transformer & Generator Shed behind
Gary and the workshop finishing the connections on the AVR
Jon
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