"Eeyore" wrote in
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Arny Krueger wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote

He's in the UK though.

Yes, but you've got to have power line fluctuations, and
the slings and horrors of field operations.

You don't really get power line fluctuations of any note
in the UK. Better infrastructure you see.

It is not lost on me in the least, that using twice the mains voltage means
you get equal line regulation (as a percentage) with only 25% as much
copper. Also, 3 phase power seems to be far more widely distributed.

Advantage: Europe as you got to rethink distributing electrical power while
you were rebuilding your infrastructure after that war during the 1940s.
We're just not so good at blowing ourselves up, so we have a lot of stuff
still in service from the 'teens, twenties, and thirties. My house, for
example.

I even figured that out about 40 years ago when I lived in Germany, and
noticed that they were wiring buildings with what seemed to be doorbell wire
with heavy insulation. Then I did the math... ;-)