England used to be 240vac nominal...all of Europe, however, should now be considered to be 230vac nominal even if the reality is different. -marc On 11/7/03 06:15, "p.cousens" wrote: > England, 230V nominal > > Or between 220 and 240V > > Usually written as 220/240V > > Probably where you got the 240V > > > > > Peter Cousens > cousens@biscit.biz > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On >> Behalf Of dr. Imre Bartfai >> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:51 AM >> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >> Subject: Re: [EE]: 3phase power in Europe/Asia >> >> Hi, >> >> I guess you did want to write 220V / 1 phase. >> >> Furthermore, here (in Hungary) the voltage levels had been as you > wrote. >> But a long time (10 years?) ago it has been changed to 230V / 400V >> respectively, due to European requirements. Needless to say, people > got >> stuck on telling 220V and they are completely perplexed if 230V is > said >> which is the real value. I guess whole Europe uses now 230V / 400V > (except >> England where the phase voltage is 240V I heard). I have seen a 230V / >> 220V transformer at an electronic vendor, it was told "to protect old >> precious devices such as tube amplifiers etc due to the potential > overload >> caused by that voltage increase". >> >> Here is my $0.02 >> >> Imre >> > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > -------------------------------------------------- Marc Nicholas Geekythings Inc. C/416.543.4896 UNIX, Database, Security and Networking Consulting -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads