At 18:52 11-3-02 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > 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.
Bzzzt. Wrong. In the 1990's, the voltage was gradually increased from 220V to 230V (because the entire European Union was going to 230V). Caused some disturbance back then because people feared their electrical equipment (designed for 220V) would be wrecked by 230V. I have not seen any evidence that those fears were justified. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
