In message <[email protected]>, dated Tue, 17 
Jun 2008, Scott Xe <[email protected]> writes:


>The north of Ireland was said to be 220 Vac.

No, 230.

>Did you mean she had implemented the harmonised mains voltage while 
>Great Britain has not?

No. UK used to be 230 everywhere (since voltages were made uniform in 
the 1930s and most of the DC supplies were abandoned), but GB was 
upgraded to 240 V about 60 years ago, leaving NI on 230 V.
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