QSL Geoffrey! 20% of loss, means that 120 watts can be expected in the best scenario in Italy!
73, Franco IZ2OOS 2010/3/25 geoffrey mendelson <[email protected]>: > > On Mar 25, 2010, at 2:34 PM, iz oos wrote: >> >> that is interesting! I've learnt today that in Italy we use 50Hz. My >> AC-4 runs quite warm indeed. > > > Actually its "230" Volts 50Hz. I put the 230 volts in quotes because due to > EU normalization, the power grids in all EU countries which used to be > either 220 (continental Europe) and 240 volts (UK) were normalized to 230 > volts. The specification was wide enough that the normalization was a > formality, no one actually changed anything. > > So your 230 volt EU normalized electrical outlet gives you 220 volts, while > an Englishman's 230 volt normalized electrical outlet gives him 240. > > The short time effect of this is that electrical goods sold in the EU no > longer could be adjustable for 220 or 240 volts, they had to be "230 volt" > and work equally as welll (and as safely) on anything from 220 to 240. > > The long term effect will be that the contiental power grid will slowly be > raised to 230 volts, the UK lowered to match it, and then they will > interconnected. > It may not happen in our lifetimes, but it might, one never knows. > > As for the frequency, the difference in power is 20% and it's radiated by > the transformer as heat. > > Geoff. > -- > geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM > Jerusalem Israel [email protected] > New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or > understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. > i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
