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Oddly enough, I've got a 32A socket hooked up to a water pump. I'm not entirely sure why the electrician installed in, there's no way the pump draws more than a
by nwh 14y ago
Oddly enough, I've got a 32A socket hooked up to a water pump. I'm not entirely sure why the electrician installed in, there's no way the pump draws more than an ampere or two.
Thanks for explaining the 240/230v difference, I'd always wondered why it existed.
- Tuna-Fish 14y agoAnd some parts of EU still actually have 220V. There's no major practical difference between 220V/230V/240V, it's just that different parts of the world came up with slightly different standards. As standardization has progressed, now all of EU is on a nominal 230V ± 6% 50Hz -- in practice the countries are still supplying their old voltages. 230 is presently 220 in Hungary and 240 in UK. Since both are within the mandated 6%, this doesn't cause problems. Eventually, as parts of the grid are serviced and replaced, it will be transformed into unified 230V.
- glogla 14y agoAlso lot of electronics nowadays uses switched-mode supply so it doesn't really matter all that much.