On Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:25:02 -0600, wrote:

On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 01:14:00 -0500, Michael A Terrell
wrote:


Unless they didn't want to replace all their existing power tools?

The wiring is US, even if the transformer is only 50%. Not all of our
power tools are 120 VAC. Some are 240, and others are 480 VAC, three phase.

I've always wondered why so many foreign countries have 240volts as
their standard voltage. We in the U.S. do just fine with 120v, except
for heating devices and some very large motors. So why do they continue
to use 240volts in these foreign countries? If for no other reason, it's
considerably more dangerous.....
I know all too well how getting shocked from 120v feels, and although I
have never gotten shocked by 240v, I know it's a lot worse. Both
voltages can kill a person, but I'd think that 240 kills faster...
I think that if 240 volts is really that much more dangerous it
wouldn't be so popular. And think of the advantages. The wires can be
much smaller. And for the same wattage resistive losses are 1/4 that
of 120 volts.