Yes, you're right.
Is there any reason why they only supply 110VAC?
Silly Americans... :-P
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark Dapoz
Sent: Wednesday, 14 April 2004 14:58
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Rant: No more $$ to Europe!
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Daniel Tan wrote:
> There actually isn't any difference - it's labelled like that to
conform
> to a convention or standard.
It's more than just for labeling, it's a safety factor. In North
America
power to residential homes is delivered as centre tapped 220V. To get
110V
you use one of the 220V halves. Since both 110V halves are used
throughout
the house, it is imporant to keep track of which wire is the centre
(neutral).
That avoids the possibility of plugging two appliances into two
different
outlets and getting a possible 220V differential between them.
-mark
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