In message <3FEC4FF0655@its-eng1.eng.monash.edu.au>, TONY NIXON 54964
<Tony.nixon@ENG.MONASH.EDU.AU> writes
>The same reason that 50Hz and 240VAC is used I guess ;-}

Most of Europe has now standardised on 50Hz 230 volts, UK used to be
240, and the rest was 220.
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