Chicago Is Worst Area in the US for ‘Distorted’ Power Supplies
- The problem can shorten the life of home applicances
- New data from Whisker Labs tracks issues of bad harmonics
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Problems plaguing power supplies to more than 5 million US households threaten to reduce efficiency and damage home appliances, with Chicago the worst-affected area.
That’s according to new data from Whisker Labs Inc., which tracks power-quality metrics in real-time via about 850,000 residential sensors.