> In a message dated 2/28/2005 2:57:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> rtellason@blazenet.net writes:
>
> But what  you guys are not considering here is the drop in the wires getting
> to
> that  point -- running at 110V is going to draw twice as much current,  but
> there will be _four times_ as much power wasted as heat,  since it's
> I<squared>R...

And what you save in the distribution wiring you lose in the price of 
the equipment and I^2*R losses in it, since it is now wound with thinner 
wire on account of lower current and more turns to avoid saturation ?

Peter
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