@TurnItOff_OnAgain to Mildly InterestingEnglish • 11 months agothis plug doesn't have the little holesimagemessage-square121arrow-up1282arrow-down130
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoWhile the US system gets called 110/220, my house actually puts out ~242v. Right now I have a smart plug saying 121.5v. And since you mentioned the word “plugs”, here are our 220 15a and 20a outlets.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 months ago120/240 is the nominal voltage in North America. 110/220 is archaic/colloquial/wrong.
minus-square@AA5Blink2•11 months agoAnd the standard includes a plus or minus that I don’t remember: it’s unreasonable to expect an exact voltage and everything is built with that in mind
While the US system gets called 110/220, my house actually puts out ~242v. Right now I have a smart plug saying 121.5v.
And since you mentioned the word “plugs”, here are our 220 15a and 20a outlets.
120/240 is the nominal voltage in North America. 110/220 is archaic/colloquial/wrong.
And the standard includes a plus or minus that I don’t remember: it’s unreasonable to expect an exact voltage and everything is built with that in mind