Toller wrote:
"hombrewdude" wrote in message
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I have one of these Kill A Watt meters.

In the socket it is showing 120volts
I put a load on it, that is about 5 amps. I would not think the volts
should drop to 118?

Does this make sense?

It is called voltage drop. Your cable has resistance, so it uses up some of
the energy.




The reason why I bothered to check...

We are having storms high wind in my area now.
The lights flickered like the power was off.
But this one particular circuit was actually off (my fish tank)

Could I have had a voltage drop in my entire house, then compounded with
the fish tank draw cause it to go out?