Thanks everyone for your response. Everyone who responded to me on the forum and privately was correct that 120-240V indicates a range, and the product can operate at any voltage over that range. 120/240V indicates that the product can only operate at those specific voltages (plus tolerances).
As for the "general public", I was actually quite surprised. I asked several people that I know, many of whom freely admit they "don't know how electricity works". Every person I asked knew that 120-240 was different from 120/240 and they were able to guess a range vs either/or. The "general public" was pretty clear on 120-240V saying they would just plug it in and it would work, however they were confused when faced with 120/240, some said they should look for a voltage selector switch, others indicated they would need some sort of adapter, and a few people said just plug it in and it will work. Thanks again for your responses, Kevin - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
