Date   : Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:48:34 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Leccy @ Acorn World '09

Pete Turnbull wrote:

> There's research to suggest that 120V is about the worst possible voltage.

And NTSC is about the worst possible mainstream TV system. Just because 
it is American doesn't mean it is better. God, look at those things they 
call cars! :-)


> That's why building site supplies in this country are 55-0-55V and 
> never 0-110V.

I knew a bloke who blew up a professional power drill. He pinched it 
from a building site, wired it to a 240V plug [*]. It wasn't long before 
the smoke was hard to ignore...


Best wishes,

Rick.


* - it had a three-wire lead - black, blue, green/yellow, and a little 
plate that said 115V. Wouldn't 55-0-55 imply more pins on the plug?

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