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| Why is it called 110volt and 220volt? Sheesh... |
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| rdagger:
--- Quote from: MYX on October 26, 2006, 04:25:53 pm ---Yeah, 110, 111, whatever it takes. --- End quote --- "220, 221, whatever it takes..." |
| Stingray:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 25, 2006, 08:04:14 am ---BTW, we have pole mounted transformers here. They are normal. --- End quote --- Still pretty common here too. -S |
| shardian:
If I remember correctly from my Ciruits II days, power lines carry 14,000 volts. |
| ChadTower:
In a situation where the load is balanced properly, the equipment is completely functional, and nothing is jury rigged to compensate for overbuilding or missing lines/equipment that has failed and not been replaced. And there aren't many lines like that where I live. The structure is just too damn old. |
| Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: shardian on October 27, 2006, 11:27:14 am ---If I remember correctly from my Ciruits II days, power lines carry 14,000 volts. --- End quote --- Depends. Typical for our area, the top-most lines on the poles carry 13.2kv. Chad's right, if depressing. Get tangled up in that and it'll burn you to a cinder after it stops your |
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