Line voltage is 116 not 120 why?


I measured my line voltage with a volt meter it stayed steady at 116 shouldn't it be 120.Will this effect the sound of my amp since the voltage is lower?Can anything be done to bring it up to 120?
Mike
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Showing 1 response by albertporter

As Philjolet posted, not uncommon at all. I've seen homes with 112 at the outlet and others at 129.

My home is 121.7, so pretty close to what it should be. I would not worry, the real problems come with very low and very high voltage.

Two years ago we had a transformer fail in the alley and we were getting about 68 volts for almost a day, until I figured out what was going on and called TXU Electric.

We lost our clothes dryer, microwave and later the refrigerator due to "brown out."