31 Jan
2011
31 Jan
'11
12:43 p.m.
On 31 January 2011 16:28, Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com>
wrote:
IIRC, the oigianl spec was that mainland Euriope was 220V +/-
something-or-orhter, and the UK was 240V +/-somethingelse. The
'harmonisation; was to call mainland Europena mans '230V +alitle/-alot'
and UK mains '230V+alt/-alittle'. In other words they fiddled with the
tolerances and didn't actually change the voltages :-)..
-tony
[1] or 230V, or 240V... I can never remember
exactly. Historically the UK
was on 240V, but they harmonised with the rest of Europe which, IIRC, is
230V.
Historically, the Britain was 240V, while mainland Europe was
(predominantly) 220V, as were Ireland and Northern Ireland. EU
regulation harmonised that to 230V. Not that it makes much of a
difference, really.