Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!mips!daver!ditka!mcdchg!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Using PAL Amigas in the USA Message-ID: <3197@corpane.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 90 14:16:36 GMT References: Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY Lines: 20 lupe@alanya.Germany.Sun.COM (Lupe Christoph - Sun Germany Consulting - Munich) writes: >as I always thought that there is only 110 V. (Comments, Americans ?) Oh, heck no! We Americans have all sorts of voltages over here. 208V and 480V 3 phase, 120V and 220V single phase, and more! The nominal voltage in American homes is 120V (but it varies from 110 to 130, depending on power company loads and how far out in the boondocks you are, etc). 220V is also available in most homes for running heavy duty appliances such as clothes dryers, heaters and air conditioners. The 220V is nominal also and varies from time to time and place to place. Basically they (the power company) bring 2 powerlines and a neutral into a distrubution panel outside a home. Between the two power lines you have your 220V, between either line and the neutral wire you have your 110V. -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash