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Re: Power cut problem or more X10 woes?


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Power cut problem or more X10 woes?
  • From: "Rob Lamb" <rjl@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 12:10:54 -0000
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  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

I thought it was still different in Europe to the UK in that theirs
was 230V +6%, -10% (i.e. the other way round to ours)?

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@a...>
wrote:
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "David Buckley" <db@e...>
wrote:
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, <mailinglists@v...> wrote:
> > > Funny you should say that, I thought that the mains voltage
was
> > now 230V,
> > > after euro harmonisation.
> >
> > The Eurovolt is a political thing at the mo; no-one has actually
> > changed their supply voltages.  But all of Europe has a nominal
> 230V
> > supply.  The view is that over a period of time mains voltages
will
> > align with a genuine 230v supply.  But maybe not in our
lifetimes.
> >
> > The eurovolt is 230V nominal, but the tolerance is wide, I think
> its
> > plus or minus 10%.  So 243V is comfortably OK.  So is 210v.
>
> The tolerance isn't quite that wide (or quite that symettrical).
> The "eurovolt" standard (good term!) is 230V +10%, -6%
>
> Hence, anything in a range 216.2v to 253v is OK, but 210v is too
low.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark



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