Re: Voltage regulator?

From: Michael A. Covington (look_at_www.covingtoninnovations.com.for.address)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:12:28 -0400

<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message
news:q7s0c05duf4c23oun5iatghpr7t0fff9hf@4ax.com...
> "Ban" <bansuri@web.de> wrote:
> >ATS Elect wrote:
> >> rectify and drop the voltage from 110 v AC to 12 v DC?
>
> >[should have] realized that the US mains voltage is 120V
>
> Actually, mains voltage can vary from 95 to 135 volts, plus or minus,
> so everyone knows what we're talking about whether we call it 110,115,
> 120, or whatever. No need to be quite as helpful as you were.

To be ultra-pedantic, the nominal voltage has been 110, 115, 117, and 120 at
different times during the 20th century. I don't know what it is now, but
the voltage at my house is about 128, and we buy 130-volt light bulbs.

Traditional-minded people still refer to it as "110."

I'm told that in Japan, it's nominally 100 volts.

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