RE: UK Voltage

[Martin Greenwood <martin@xxxxxxx>]

At 15:24 15/03/2002 +0000, Ian Lowe wrote:
>Thanks for the politics Martin,
>Now would you mind very much not doing it again?

What is happening to this list, why have some people got so angry all of a
sudden?
Why can't I state my opinion of the futility of the "voltage
harmonisation"?

>"A 230V lamp operated at 240V will only achieve 55% of its life.
>Tests have been carried out on a sample of some domestic ceramic
>pendant fittings with a single 60W lamp. The user safety was
>infringed at two locations at 240V - the lamp cap and the
>bifurcation point. It was infringed at four locations on the
>lamp/luminaire at 250V - the lamp cap, the bifurcation point, the
>cord grip at the entry to the lamp holder, and the cable insulation
>under the cord grip. The UK supply voltage does at times fluctuate
>as high as 250V."

This was my point, either they should have actually changed the voltages so
they all match or left it alone, rather than just changing the spec.

Now we have the situation that Ian describes where products may be
compromised, rather that being made technically correct.

Martin