On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 20:10 -0500, Dale wrote: > Richard Fish wrote: > > On 8/3/06, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, the USA has the same coming in too. We have 220v to 240v coming > >> in but that is split into different legs for the 110v to 120v stuff. > > > > No, we don't. We have ~120V between a 'hot' wire and neutral, and > > 240V appliances work by using the two hot wires that are 180 degrees > > out of phase with each other. > > > > Other countries actually have 240V between the hot and neutral wires, > > regardless of how many hot wires actually come in.
> But I can plug their 220v stuff in here too. I have seen the plugs > here, Lowes I think. They are funny looking though. That's mainly because thoe 'stuffs' has built in inverters/step up/down etc. > > That said, having it 220 or 240v is more efficient. That is why they > distribute power at higher voltages, sometimes as high as 500Kv. That is actually just so that it won't lose as much when it gets to it's destination. That's "distribution" voltage to the substations which then downsteps it to then be distributed to households etc. -- Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
