Homer J Simpson wrote:
All US kitchen outlets (except in really OLD houses) have 220 volts - it's
required by code. It's easy to add an outlet with the right socket for 220.

Actually it's rated as 240 volts, but is often higher. It's twice the
normal line voltage which while claimed to be 120 volts is usually
127 or so.

It may be a little high for older devices that were designed for 220 volts.
Almost all of them have a switch in the back to adjust for various input
voltages. Anything made in the last 10-15 years, with the exception of
high powered amateur radio amplifers should have no trouble with it.

The U.K. used to be 240 volts, Western Europe used to be 220, now they
(the entire E.U.) are 230 volts. Except for the freqency, U.S. 240
volt power works fine.

So while you bought what you think was a 220 volt unit, it probably was
made for 230 volts. That way it would work in the E.U. and the rest of
the world that used 220 or 240.

Anyone reading this in OZ or S.A.? Do you still use 240 volts?

Geoff.

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