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Huh? We just went TO 240, from 220! (BTW, hi--volt was 380v)
Post #14,737
by
CRConrad
10/23/01 6:27:35 AM
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Huh? We just went TO 240, from 220! (BTW, hi--volt was 380v)
Post #14,742
by
static
10/23/01 7:06:58 AM
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Just went *to* 240V...?
That's very ... interesting. Maybe the forces trying to get 220V standardisation have been somewhat reduced in eficacy.
Wade.
"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
220 vs 110
- (
bluke
)
- (32)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:18:10 AM EDT
220 is considered "safer"
- (
jb4
)
- (24)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:24:32 AM EDT
Re: 220 is considered "safer"
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- (23)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 01:43:02 PM EDT
Hrm???
- (
jb4
)
- (8)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 02:13:17 PM EDT
He's right on safety.
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (7)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 02:33:35 PM EDT
Then too: you actually *have* 220V coming in..
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 02:55:37 PM EDT
Isn't that exactly Edison's old anti-Tesla PR you're burpin?
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- (5)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:16:43 PM EDT
Yabut.. that's a can o'worms anyway.
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:44:09 PM EDT
The very one - but Tesla pulled the wool . .
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Andrew Grygus
)
- (3)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:54:42 PM EDT
Yeah, wasn't that *sneaky*? - out M$'d M$..
-NT
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 03:20:37 AM EDT
But the POINT is, DC would have fried 'em just as well!
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- (1)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 06:29:14 AM EDT
"Fry" is the operative word here.
- (
Andrew Grygus
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- Oct. 23, 2001, 11:24:21 AM EDT
It's the waveform.
- (
imric
)
- (13)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 05:49:41 PM EDT
Umm sorry. No.
- (
Ashton
)
- (12)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 06:09:16 PM EDT
Ah, yes.
- (
imric
)
- (11)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:06:41 PM EDT
Ah well.. now yer gettin fancy
- (
Ashton
)
- (10)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:29:15 PM EDT
*grin* You'd think!
- (
imric
)
- (6)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 07:58:09 PM EDT
Migawd.. it's in your genes!
- (
Ashton
)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 08:16:29 PM EDT
Ya ever shake hands with a farmer?
- (
imric
)
- (1)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 08:34:33 PM EDT
My uncles ran a machine shop.
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:05:57 PM EDT
Expensive mistake
- (
broomberg
)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:26:26 PM EDT
Well.. one possibility
- (
Ashton
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 03:43:25 AM EDT
220 UPS outputs
- (
Ric Locke
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 11:47:50 PM EDT
3-phase voltages.
- (
static
)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 09:58:21 PM EDT
Huh? We just went TO 240, from 220! (BTW, hi--volt was 380v)
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- (1)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 06:27:35 AM EDT
Just went *to* 240V...?
- (
static
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 07:06:58 AM EDT
Remains of Edison's anti-AC, pro-DC propaganda? Just a guess
-NT
- (
CRConrad
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:25:35 AM EDT
Early adopters.
- (
addison
)
- (5)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:34:49 AM EDT
Like Cell Phones
- (
SpiceWare
)
- (4)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 11:16:18 AM EDT
As I understand it, that's more due to market fragmentation:
- (
CRConrad
)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 11:27:51 AM EDT
CRC has that about right.
- (
static
)
- (2)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:02:44 PM EDT
Not quite right -- GSM enforced by EU, CDMA is more advanced
- (
tonytib
)
- (1)
- Oct. 22, 2001, 10:52:47 PM EDT
CDMA in .au, too
- (
Meerkat
)
- Oct. 23, 2001, 01:56:31 AM EDT
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