Re: How is typical home computer used today?
On 15/12/14 14:30, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
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> Le 14.12.2014 22:48, mourik jan heupink - merit a écrit :
>> Hi,
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>> berenger.morel writes:
>>> In France, the electric network provide 220V to everyone.
>> Are you sure? Starting from 2000 or so, the whole of europe has
>> gradually changed to 230v, as a compromise between UK (240v) and the
>> rest of europe (220v).
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>> MJ
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> I am not sure. But, how old is this reform? I have used voltmeters more
> than once, and have always read 220V. But, I have not had to find
> failures in an installation since at least few years, maybe 5-6 (which
> is a long time when you still are not 30 years old, so I'm not sure
> about how many years exactly I did not had to check).
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The change was agreed by the Council of Europe in 1989, with a 15-year
implementation time.
A reading of 220V on a nominal 230V +/- 6% (i.e 216.2 .. 243.8) is quite
legitimate, and even to be expected
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