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Why is it called 110volt and 220volt? Sheesh...
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whammoed:
Got the wife a used tanning bed over the weekend.  I told her I would get her one when we moved from Florida to Indiana so she could still get some "rays" all year.  Anyway, it requires 220 and tanning beds aren't supposed to be run over 230 volts or you will ruin the bed/bulbs faster.  I measured my 220 and it reads 262v!!!!!!  (110 line is at 125v)  I tested my parents line in the same area of town and it was the same.  Is this typical everywhere or just where I am?  I will have to buy a buck booster to run this stupid thing now.  I'm glad I got a deal on it, because getting a 220 line run and now getting a buck booster is sure adding up.  Soooo, uh....go get your multimeter, measure your voltage, and post here with your voltage and location.  Yeah, that'll be fun.  ::)
ChadTower:

262v unregulated with no load.  Try again with the bed running.
whammoed:
With the oven on it drops to 255.
Ken Layton:
Alot of equipment manufactured nowadays has provisions for adjusting the input voltage to the device. Just like pinball machines have taps on the main transformer to adjust for local line voltages.
ChadTower:
Remember, voltage is capacity, not current. 
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