Re: Old 1541

From: Rob Clarke <*crock_at_clarke-family.org.uk*> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 20:39:00 +0200 Message-ID: <4FB69744.5060200@clarke-family.org.uk> · crock_at_clarke-family.org.uk

On 18/05/2012 17:43, Gábor Lénárt wrote:
> AFAIK many countries in Europe used 220V or 240V (eg, in Hungary we 
> still name it as "220" even if it's not that anymore and we know 
> that). So (again: AFAIK) 230V was introduced as it was some kind of 
> "common ground" between these two values. I am not sure if 230V was 
> used before, or really it is just a "meeting point" between the used 
> 220 and 240. Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing list 

Yep, that's right. The UK used to be 240v while the rest of Europe was 
largely 220v. In around 2008, it was all harmonised by doing precisely 
nothing. :-) The standard EU voltage is now 230V with a tolerance of -6% 
to +10% which allows from 216v -> 253v.

rob

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