Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
> >
> > I think that I'm responsible for the dead, as the plotter stood in an attic
> > for 20 years, meanwhile power was raised from 220 to 230v (+-10%) in Europe.
> >
>
> The distribution voltage had previously been specified as 220V in some
> European
> countries and 240V in others but the specification was then changed to 230V
> in all the countries involved, with a wider tolerance applied. This allows
> new equipment to be designed to a common standard which will work in any of
> the countries. As far as I understand it, there has been no deliberate change
> in the actual distribution voltage in any individual European country and the
> power companies continue to do what they did before the 230V standard came in.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Coghlan.
..sorry, no.
I live in Germany and the line Voltage has rised after that specification
change from 220V to 230. In fact I see sometimes line voltages up to
250V. (I have an Aluminum Casting company in the neightborhood, maybe
that's one of the causes for this)
Since I do own many old devices from the 220V era, Ive think about
the use of an big 3 phase 24V transformer (3phase power here)
that's laying around here to step down that line voltage back in
to the 220V range. That should'nt harm any new equipment, but save
some liftime from the old stuff.
Regards,
Holm
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