At 0:22 -0500 03/01/25, kilopascal wrote:
I'm not sure if there is any movement to harmonise all of the different
sockets in the EU into one standard socket. It really isn't that important
because as noted most small appliances use the two pin plug that fits into
most, if not all without an adapt
2003-01-25
At the present time, I'm not a supporter of calendar reform. However, I
would accept changing the year to 12003. By adding 10 000 tot he present
year, and adjusting all past dates, then we would have all historical dates
within "positive" (AD) time. We could get rid of the AD/BC desi
2003-01-25
In addition, a copper wire is run from the fuse box neutral post to the
water pipe inside the house. At least here in Cleveland it is. Some years
ago, the neighbour next door experienced the very thing you spoke of. The
neighbour lady called me over to have me check to see why her ap
2003-01-25
You can't just double the voltage. If you design a
product to work at 240 V with the same power usage as one at 120 V, then and
only then is the current halved. If you plug a 120 V devise into 240 V,
you will actually draw more current, in fact, twice as much until either the
2003-01-25
I noticed that too. If they were trying to make SI look bad and FFU look
good, you'd think they would label their products as something like 29.85 ML
instead of 30 ml or mL.
Go figure!
John
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From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Asso
2003-01-24
Most countries of South America that lie south of the equator use 380/220 V.
Brasil I believe uses both, depending on location and who set up the local
grid. In Europe 380/220 V is no longer in use. The voltage was increased
to 400/230 V. The British who used 415/240 V were suppose t
2003-01-24
When the ground plug first came out, it was common to mount it with the
ground hole below the two power slots. Then someone got the idea if the
plug is half out of the socket and metal or fingers fell onto the exposed
pins, a short or shock would result. If the ground hole was mounted
2003-01-24
Power loss in conductors stems from the fact that wire has
resistance. The resistance may be small, but it is still there. The
resistance of copper wire is determined by multiplying the resistivity of the
metal used for the wire (usually copper) by the length of the conductor
In a message dated 2003-01-24 15:15:31 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anecdotally, I have been told that the reason each home in the US has its own transformer is due to the problems of distribution. If the 120 volts was carried distances over power lines voltage drop would be a
2003 January 24
Hey, folks, this is a metric site. Electric units are all metric so there
is no metric issue for this site to discuss. Voltage is a matter of
standards. Please take this discussion elsewhere.
Besides some of you do not know US standards. 110 V went
This is from a railroad-oriented list, wondering why Canadian railroads still use mileposts. cm
--- Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The Canadian railroads use mileposts only because the United States
>railroads still do, and there is much cross-border travel (and
>cross-border owne
Looking on the bright side, Estee Lauder does rational use metric sizes.
Although I notice that they have a preference for multiples of 15 ml at the
lower end.
--
Terry Simpson
Human Factors Consultant
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.connected-systems.com
Phone: +44 7850 511794
John Nichols wrote:
>
> Anecdotally, I have been told that the reason each home in the US has its
> own transformer is due to the problems of distribution. If the 120 volts
> was carried distances over power lines voltage drop would be an issue. By
> transforming the high voltage at each home th
Anecdotally, I have been told that the reason each home in the US has its
own transformer is due to the problems of distribution. If the 120 volts
was carried distances over power lines voltage drop would be an issue. By
transforming the high voltage at each home this problem is minimised. My
The Alliance for the Advancement of Technology has placed a draft of
its metrication policy in the process review area of the
www.aatideas.org web site:
http://www.aatideas.org/itinica/develop/process/policy.html
The process review documents describe certain directions for
development of
At 25 January 2003, 06:42 AM, Brenton wrote:
Anecdotally,
I have been told that the reason each home in the US has its own transformer is due to the problems of distribution. If the 120 volts was carried distances over power lines voltage drop would be an issue. By transforming the high voltag
Anecdotally, I have been told that
the reason each home in the US has its own transformer is due to the
problems of distribution. If the 120 volts was carried distances over
power lines voltage drop would be an issue. By transforming
the high voltage at each home this problem is minimise
Anecdotally, I have been told that the reason
each home in the US has its own transformer is due to the problems of
distribution. If the 120 volts was carried distances over power
lines voltage drop would be an issue. By transforming the
high voltage at each home this problem is minimis
The differences among states are explained chiefly by the characteristics
of the population. The highest fire death rates were in states with a
higher proportion of adults who lack a high school education, who smoke or
who are poor.
So a high fatality rate does not mean that state and local fi
The Alliance for the Advancement of Technology has placed a draft of
its metrication policy in the process review area of the
www.aatideas.org web site:
http://www.aatideas.org/itinica/develop/process/policy.html
The process review documents describe certain directions for
development of
At 24 January 2003, 07:10 AM, M R wrote:
In this webpage
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/electrical-wiring/part2/section-11.html
it says that
'110 V loses 4 times more power in the house wiring
than a 220V motor', so all those devices like fans,
blenders (kitchen mixers), vacuum cleaner,
driers consume
In this webpage
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/electrical-wiring/part2/section-11.html
it says that
'110 V loses 4 times more power in the house wiring
than a 220V motor', so all those devices like fans,
blenders (kitchen mixers), vacuum cleaner,
driers consume 4 times more power and increases the
bill
> > I don't understand why Americans who migrated to
> > Australia can't buy an Australian clothes dryer.
> > I'm sure they must exist. To import a clothes dryer
> > from the states, modify it so it will work in
> > Australia has to be expensive. In addition what
> > happens when it breaks and
Why are these diagram depictions shown upsidedown (plug C anyway)?
cheers
Baron Carter
-Original Message-
From: M R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 24 January, 2003 07:27
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:24592] Re: Power
http://www.starkelectronic.com/fzfv.htm
Most o
http://www.starkelectronic.com/fzfv.htm
Most of the countries in North & South America use
110V, but all other countries use either both or only
220V.
Madan
--- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2003-01-23
>
>
> As a note: As an Electrician I have connected one
> of these 24O volt US
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