Hi David, I think Milt [he and I share the same family name, no relationship however] explained it well. Regarding safety, I'm not sure it makes a whole lot of difference. However, I distinctly remember reading somewhere that 450 VAC is the most lethal. I don't know why. That service in the USA is essentially all industrial, 3-phase, and depending on how the transformer is wired, seems to come in three flavors: 408, 440, and 480 V. Virtually all US residential wiring is 120/240 single phase.
73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 12/14/2011 2:04 PM, David Dunn wrote: > I noted recently several refs by USA users asking about 240 volt ac > power plugs etc. > > Now I have never even been to a 110v country - possibly only USA ? > - and I can see a degree of (shock) safety offered with that system, ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
