Re: U.K Stereo moving to the US

In article <Rdjre.2841$EP2.14240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Do Little2 <listed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, but the limiting factors are the few wires connecting to Europe.
> How much voltage/current can they handle? Certainly, for the bottom
> line, someone in the UK will know just how much electricity they can
> export/sell or must import/buy on any given day.

They're used when demand is low in one country while high in another.

> > FWIW, I can't remember an outage here in this part of London.
> > Nor do I have or need an UPS etc. Of course there are rural parts
> > that still may have problems due to overhead lines etc.

> True, I also heard some horror stories about old electricity switches
> in some rural areas of the UK. Apparently they were still using "open air
> 240 Volts line switches" like the old knife type. Scary stuff indeed. > :-)

Don't be silly. All overhead supplied domestic supplies are RCD protected.
Fitted by the supply provider.

None of the silly thermal devices so loved across the pond. ;-)

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