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--- Quote from: patrickl on October 23, 2006, 02:40:32 pm ---
BTW voltage here is 215, but that's in the Netherlands


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Hey that's strangely low for here. It should be 230 V plus or minus 10 percent.So it still is within limits but usualy it's pretty close to the 230 here.

It used to be 240 in the UK, 220 mainland Europe. They lowered it in the UK about 10 years ago, and we went up.

220 in the US is used for ovens etc, pretty much the same like we sometimes have 380V for really electricity hungry stuff.....
If you stick to the 10% rule the max you should get is 220+22=242 Volts....

However, the US is still in the stoneage regarding to electricity, they have poles with cables in the air and local transformers on those poles. If you're near one, you're probably getting more voltage then when you're further away from it (that's exactly the same here by the way).

Also, what kind of multimeters are you guys using ? Really cheapo meters can be pretty much off.

Anyway, the best thing to do is get rid of the bed alltogether. First it will safe your wife getting really old skin way to early and from skincancer, second: Do you realize how many cabs will fit into the space that bed is eating up ;)

Howard_Casto:

Just to clarify, we aren't in the "stone age" we just have a frikkin huge country.  It is impractical to bury all of our lines in the ground.  As for pole mounted transformers, I haven't seen one in at least 15 years.  That is unless you REALLY go into the boondocks.

danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 23, 2006, 10:44:47 am ---Remember, voltage is capacity, not current. 

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capacity is measured in Farads...

danny_galaga:



the extra high voltages you guys are talking about is 3-phase BTW. 110 or 220/240 is single phase. lines are still mostly above ground in australia. the reason places like australia, canada and the US still use these is mostly due to cost. underground lines have to be a lot thicker because they dont run as cool and then theres all that digging. where im from, Darwin gets a lot of cyclone activity so there are by laws that say that all new lines have to be underground. over time they are planning on undergrounding the lot but like i say, its expensive! the next cyclone that blows it all down again will fix that  ;)

shardian:


--- Quote from: danny_galaga on October 25, 2006, 06:42:10 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 23, 2006, 10:44:47 am ---Remember, voltage is capacity, not current. 

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capacity is measured in Farads...

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capacitance... ;)

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