116 Section Eleven Range B is provided to allow limited excursions of voltage outside the range A limits that necessarily result from practical design and operating conditions. The supplying utility is expected to take action within a reasonable time to restore service voltages to range A limits. The user is expected to take action within a reasonable time to restore utilization voltages to range A limits. Insofar as practical, utilization equipment may be expected to give acceptable performance outside range A but within range B. When voltages occur outside the limits of range B, prompt corrective action should be taken. ‘The voltage tolerance limits in ANSI C84.1-1989 are based on ANSI/NEMA ‘MG1-1978, “Motors and Generators,” which establishes the voltage tolerance limits of the standard low-voltage induction motor at #10 percent of nameplate voltage ratings of 230 and 460 V. Since motors represent the major component of utilization equipment, they were given primary consideration in the establishment of this voltage standard, ‘The best way to show the voltages in a distribution system is by using a 120-V base, ‘This cancels the transformation ratios between systems so that the actual voltages vary solely on the basis of voltage drops in the system. Any voltage may be converted to a 120-V base by dividing the actual voltage by the ratio of transformation to the 120-V base. For example, the ratio of transformation for a 480-V system is 480/120, or 4, s0 460 V in a 480-V system would be 460/4, or 115 V. ‘The tolerance limits of the 460-V motor as they relate to the 120-V base become 115 V + 10 percent, or 126.5 V, and 115 V~ 10 percent, or 103.5 V. The problem is to decide how this tolerance range of 23 V should be divided between the primary distribution system, the distribution transformer, and the secondary distribution system that make up the regulated distribution system. The solution adopted by American National Standards Committee C84 is shown in Table 11.1.8, 11.1.8 Standard Voltage Profile for a Regulated Power-Distribution System, 120-V Base TABLE 11.1.8 Range A Range B Maximum allowable voltage 126(125+) 127 Voltage-drop allowance for the primary distribution feeder 9 13 ‘Minimum primary service voltage na ns Voltage drop allowance for the distribution transformer 3 ‘ Minimum low-voltage service voltage 114 0 ‘Voltage drop allowance for the building wiring 64) 644) Minimum utilzation voltage 108(1104 ) 104(1064 | *For utilization voltages of 120-600 V, + For building wiring circuits supplying lighting equipment, (vom IBBE Std. 241-1990. Copyright 1990 IEEE. AU ight reserved) 11.1.9 Voltage Profile of the Limits of Range A, ANSI C84.1-1989 (see page 11.7) 11.1.10 Voltage Ratings of Standard Motors (see page 11.7)