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?

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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

230v rms @ 50Hz in the UK

can you be arsed to give us an explanation now?

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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?)

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

everything but my washing machine and expresso machine is 110

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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

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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

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

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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

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