<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>When I was an electrical apprentus back in the late 40's we called it 110/220 then in the fifties the voltage was reised to 115/230 and some time in the 1960 it was raised to 120 240 </DIV>
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<DIV>Darryl<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 10/18/10, Marco Mangelsdorf <I><marco@pvthawaii.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Marco Mangelsdorf <marco@pvthawaii.com><BR>Subject: [RE-wrenches] AC voltage in North America<BR>To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><BR>Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 8:27 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=yiv1671298692MsoNormal>I just don’t understand it.</DIV>
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<P class=yiv1671298692MsoNormal>Lots of people—from reporters to homeowners—consistently refer to the AC voltage in their homes as “110/220.”</DIV>
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<P class=yiv1671298692MsoNormal>Where does this come from?</DIV>
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<P class=yiv1671298692MsoNormal>If North American utilities were putting out power at that voltage range, they would be in serious trouble.</DIV>
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<P class=yiv1671298692MsoNormal>Anyone able to educate me on this matter?</DIV>
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<P class=yiv1671298692MsoNormal>marco</DIV>
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