Re: [PSES] Rated Mains Operating Voltage Regional Compatibility [General Use]

2023-05-08 Thread Don Gies
My go-to is "Electric Currents Abroad", published by the US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. You should be able to download from this site, or use the site itself. https://legacy.trade.gov/mas/ian/ECW/index.html Don Gies Internal From: Doug Nix Sent: Monday, May

Re: [PSES] Rated Mains Operating Voltage Regional Compatibility [General Use]

2023-05-08 Thread Doug Nix
Hi Phil, IEC 60038 defines the standard nominal voltages, but that doesn’t necessarily reflect the reality on the ground. IEC operates the “World plugs” web page that gives the national standard voltages and plugs used by country: https://iectest.iec.ch/world-plugs, however, they only list

[PSES] AW: [PSES] Rated Mains Operating Voltage Regional Compatibility [General Use]

2023-05-08 Thread Dürrer Bernd
Hi Phil, The concept of rated voltage in standards already includes allowable tolerances and adequate tests. For the supply side, EN 50160 "Voltage characteristics of electricity supplied by public electricity networks" requires in clause 4.2.2 that variations of the rated supply voltage