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| DavidAlfa:
I prefer the Australia sad outlets. The higher the power the sadder they get. They probably were designed in times where electric energy was really expensive! |
| TimFox:
Yes, we have "high power" in industrial and commercial locations as well. Please parse my statement literally: I was comparing 240 V to 120 V, and 240 > 120 in all nations. This .pdf file lists the standard voltages available in Chicago Commonwealth Edison Service Voltages.pdf (33.78 kB - downloaded 30 times.) Is 34 kV enough for you? |
| TimFox:
By the way, a typical US home-kitchen electric stove, with four burners and an oven, runs on 240 V (line-line) single phase, pulling 22.5 kW and requiring a 50 A circuit. If it plugs in, the US outlet is a four-contact NEMA 14-50R. |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---That would work well with the infamous 3 kW British tea kettles. 100 A requires, perhaps, AWG 0 = 8.25 mm diam = 53.5 mm2 wire. --- End quote --- the plug would be bigger than the kettle |
| TimFox:
In the US, I think the "regular" NEMA series only goes up to 60 A, for AWG 4 wires. It is roughly 2.5 inch diameter. A "pin and sleeve" NEMA 4X for 100 A is roughly 3 inch diameter. https://rexel-cdn.com/products/platt-vendor-pr8-cutsheet.pdf?i=42F563FE-CF24-4A8F-BCCA-F1FADEDD6A29 It would make the tea kettle difficult to use. |
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