Re: Power Consumption

Richard Brodie wrote:
And 220/240V AC in other parts of the world.

Actually it is 230V now in Europe. Over a period of 10 years the UK went
down from 240V, and the rest of Europe went up from 220V.

Strictly it's 230V +/- 10%.

You're right, but it also used to be 220V +/- 10%. So 230V -10% is still 10V more then 220V - 10%.

Its my understanding that in practice the delivered
voltage tends to be still 220/240 V, depending on location.

No, that is not what I noticed in my home. The voltage has indeed been raised by appr. 10V.



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