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The UK used to be nominally 240V and a lot of EU countries used to be 220V, but we harmonised on 230V because it's comfortably within the tolerance bands for bo
by jdietrich 3y ago
The UK used to be nominally 240V and a lot of EU countries used to be 220V, but we harmonised on 230V because it's comfortably within the tolerance bands for both. Nothing really changed in practice - UK installations still deliver about 240V and most EU installations deliver about 220V - but it was convenient to have a common standard.
- gulikoza 3y agoMy UPS is showing 236V at the moment (continental EU). We also used to have 220V IIRC, but are now closer to 240V it seems.
- PaulKeeble 3y agoMy solar inverter consistently finds the UK grid at 243-245V.