The UK seems to have the other extreme in some urban areas though, where you're close to the transformer..
In some cases the utilities have had to cope with extra loading which has caused low voltages at the extremities of the LV lines during peak load hours, so they've altered the taps to compensate while still keeping within the upper tolerance limit.
Paul,
A few places around over here have had to be installed with Auto-tap changers, you get a dairy shed at the end of a spur-line and you have some issues with the gear used in them sheds (mostly PLC/computer controlled sensors) as well as a VF Drive on the actual rotary platform.
I was at a dairy shed last Friday (3am) that had burned out the VF Drive because of low voltage, it took the motor and the gearbox with it as well.
What makes it even worse, is a guy screaming at you down the phone that he has another 800 cows to milk and the platform won't turn!
