31 Jan
2011
31 Jan
'11
9:59 a.m.
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 04:43:38PM +0100, Joost van de Griek wrote:
On 31 January 2011 16:28, Jules Richardson
<jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> wrote:
IIRC the trick was that the "harmonized standard" defined 230 V as the
standard voltage with the tolerances large enough to cover pretty much all
the voltages (220 ... 240 V) that were mostly in use at that time.a
Kind regards,
Alex.
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
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[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.