On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:59:21 +0000 someone who may be DIYdisaster
wrote this:-

In typical EU fashion the voltage was officially harmonised to 230V
but then all countries were allowed a tolerance of +/- 5% ( or maybe
10% ?)

Just in case anybody assumes that a tolerance is some nasty EU idea,
there was one before the UK joined what is now the EU.


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David Hansen, Edinburgh
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