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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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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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