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Posted by Lira on Apr-07-2004 01:33:

Voltage in your house

Just came back from my Physics class and my teacher told us the higher the voltage in your house, the harder it is to die from an electrical shock (can't be arsed to give the whole explanation right now). So I was wondering: what's the voltage of the electrical system of your house?

Posted by insecurity on Apr-07-2004 09:08:

In Australia we use 240v A.C. @ 50Hz (cycles per second) and our 3 phase system (the 3 cables in the street etc) carry 415v between phases but when one of the phases is used with a neutral it is brought back to 240v which is the norm for domestic use.

My apologies for the rant

Posted by Quantized on Apr-07-2004 19:11:

230v rms @ 50Hz in the UK

Posted by icyhandofcrap on Apr-08-2004 00:18:

can you be arsed to give us an explanation now?

Posted by Lira on Apr-08-2004 02:45:

hhmmmmm...... Yes

Please remember English is not my first language and I don't know these technical terms

Voltage is nothing but the amount of electric tension (Joules/Coulomb) = the higher the voltage, the more energy (?) those eletrons can provide. Therefore, if you have a higher voltage you need less eletrons - and it's the amount of eletrons that can kill you.

My teacher told us the usual voltage in some European countries is 360, by the way, but no one chose that option yet

I reserve myself the right to have my post properly translated into English by anyone who knows the right words or to be corrected by Mr. Coupland or anyone else who knows about this properly.

(I had completely forgotten about the Hz thing And I guess I should've chosen values multiples of 120, right?)

Posted by PHALPAX on Apr-10-2004 02:50:

I believe in many U.S. homes the voltage is 120-110v

Posted by Roquer on Apr-11-2004 08:43:

everything but my washing machine and expresso machine is 110

Posted by robin on Apr-11-2004 16:45:

In The Netherlands we use 230v A.C. @ 50Hz (cycles per second) and our 3 phase system (the 3 cables in the street etc) carry 400v between phases but when one of the phases is used with a neutral it is brought back to 230v which is the norm for domestic use.

My apologies for the rant

Posted by insecurity on Apr-11-2004 17:05:

quote:
Originally posted by robin
In The Netherlands we use 230v A.C. @ 50Hz (cycles per second) and our 3 phase system (the 3 cables in the street etc) carry 400v between phases but when one of the phases is used with a neutral it is brought back to 230v which is the norm for domestic use.

My apologies for the rant

hmmmmmmmm sounds strangely familiar.........

what a well structured & informative piece of information. Also your sentence structure & spelling is brilliant, what a pleasant young man

Posted by Nautilus on May-10-2004 09:58:

I checked with my dad's meter: 118.3V.

Posted by Smeagol on May-10-2004 13:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Lira
Voltage is nothing but the amount of electric tension (Joules/Coulomb) = the higher the voltage, the more energy (?) those eletrons can provide. Therefore, if you have a higher voltage you need less eletrons - and it's the amount of eletrons that can kill you.

My teacher told us the usual voltage in some European countries is 360, by the way, but no one chose that option yet

But... Sorry, but that is assumed the total energy transfer is independent of voltage? IR=U --> E=IU=UU/R not constant?
Sorry for nerding, but for me it seems strange, I dont understand.

In sweden 230 or something. The middle thing I guess. always 50Hz

Posted by sharpeye00 on May-10-2004 22:12:

recently switch to 220, it's good to have a lot of power capacity

Posted by dchaves on May-13-2004 13:54:

It has supposed to be 220/230, but in my home we are lucky if we get more than 205 V... Someone must steal our electrical power...

Posted by UnBracKo on May-13-2004 14:16:

220 V I think

Posted by ResonantDrag on May-13-2004 17:12:

the us is mostly 110/120. our way of thinning the herd

Posted by 3xx3r7 on May-14-2004 00:16:

110/120

It's US, you know.

Posted by jlosada on May-15-2004 23:47:

Monophasic 220 V at 50 Hz.

330 V / 360 V? It should be triphasic.

Posted by emander on Jun-04-2004 03:13:

Enough