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minus-square@mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoWhile the US system gets called 110/220, my house actually puts out ~242v. Right now I have a smart plug saying 121.5v. And since you mentioned the word “plugs”, here are our 220 15a and 20a outlets.
minus-square@p1mrx@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•2 years ago120/240 is the nominal voltage in North America. 110/220 is archaic/colloquial/wrong.
minus-square@AA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoAnd the standard includes a plus or minus that I don’t remember: it’s unreasonable to expect an exact voltage and everything is built with that in mind
While the US system gets called 110/220, my house actually puts out ~242v. Right now I have a smart plug saying 121.5v.
And since you mentioned the word “plugs”, here are our 220 15a and 20a outlets.
120/240 is the nominal voltage in North America. 110/220 is archaic/colloquial/wrong.
And the standard includes a plus or minus that I don’t remember: it’s unreasonable to expect an exact voltage and everything is built with that in mind