Perhaps the same sort of thinkers who decided that 240VCT was a good
idea also decided that 4 conductors were needed to make 240v circuits
"safe"? So who was responsible for the blunder of using 12v in motor
vehicles instead of 24v?.
On Jul 4, 2006, at 9:30 PM, Roger Parsons wrote:
> This is probably a silly question, but it intrigues
> me:
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> I can understand why ranges, heaters, AMPLIFIERS and
> other high power devices need a 240V supply, and I can
> understand why in North America that supply is
> balanced around neutral. What I don't understand is
> why, when they decided that ranges needed timers and
> clocks and all the rest, they didn't just power the
> electronics from 240V? After all, most of the rest of
> the world uses 230V for everything.
>
> 73 Roger
> VE3ZI/G3RBP
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