Robert Seeberger schreef: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 1:53 PM > Subject: Re: Power Supplies & Fuses > > > Chad Cooper wrote: > > > > > > Alberto - I blame you and your stinkin' foreign 220 V standards! > > > > > Standard? There ain�t no standard here. There are 110 or 220 V > > everywhere, and things get blown up all the time because > > of that :-/ > > > The question came up recently, so now I ask those on the European Power > standard. > Is the 220V you guys use, 220V to ground on one leg or is it 110V to ground > on 2 legs as it is in the US? IOW is it 220V with a neutral conductor or is > it 2 hot conductors?
The Netherlands uses 220V with a live and a neutral wire. Belgium and Germany use 230 V with live and neutral wire, and the UK is (IIRC) 110 with two live wires. As for the rest of Europe I don't know. And if you touch a live wire you can jump of the fifth step of a ladder without getting hurt. As demonstrated by the electrician who was just explaining to me how easy it is to work safely when working with electricity ..... <grin> OK in his defence I have to say that all electrical wiring in this house isn't as logical as it should be. It's safe, but not logical. I've been 'shocked' about the way things are connected here a few times myself. And I use a detector most of the time to make sure live wires are dead for the time I'm working on them. Sonja
