> Hello all, a bit off-topic, but I have a question about power in the USA...
>
> On of my brothers is moving to Silicon Valley (he has a 3 year work visa
> and his new company will sponsor him for a permanent work visa) and has
> a lot of expensive 220-240V Hi-Fi & AV equipment. One of his mates has
> said that houses often have 240V in the garage and kitchen. So what we
> want to know is whether the power is coming in to the house at 240V and
> then being stepped down so he would be OK running a 240V circuit to the
> lounge or whether it is stepped up for the garage making this a bad idea.
>
> To bring this nearer to on-topic, do they have silicon chips and
> microfiche for supper in Silicon Valley?

> I am not an electrician but houses over here typically have both 110V and
> 220/240V feeds but the 220/240V feed is usually a two-phase supply (i.e. two
> lines of 110V) not a single phase supply like the UK. The 220/240V source is
> usually ONLY fed to washer/dryer units or electric stoves/ovens and not to
> the
> rest of the house. In fact supplying 220/240V to any other location may well
> be
> breaking the local wiring codes in many cases.

> Hello all, a bit off-topic, but I have a question about power in the USA...
>
> On of my brothers is moving to Silicon Valley (he has a 3 year work visa
> and his new company will sponsor him for a permanent work visa) and has
> a lot of expensive 220-240V Hi-Fi & AV equipment. One of his mates has
> said that houses often have 240V in the garage and kitchen. So what we
> want to know is whether the power is coming in to the house at 240V and
> then being stepped down so he would be OK running a 240V circuit to the
> lounge or whether it is stepped up for the garage making this a bad idea.

>
> To bring this nearer to on-topic, do they have silicon chips and
> microfiche for supper in Silicon Valley?

> Flash Gordon wrote:

>> Hello all, a bit off-topic, but I have a question about power in the
>> USA...
>>
>> On of my brothers is moving to Silicon Valley (he has a 3 year work
>> visa and his new company will sponsor him for a permanent work visa)
>> and has a lot of expensive 220-240V Hi-Fi & AV equipment. One of his
>> mates has said that houses often have 240V in the garage and kitchen.
>> So what we want to know is whether the power is coming in to the house
>> at 240V and then being stepped down so he would be OK running a 240V
>> circuit to the lounge or whether it is stepped up for the garage
>> making this a bad idea.
>>
>> To bring this nearer to on-topic, do they have silicon chips and
>> microfiche for supper in Silicon Valley?

>
> I am not an electrician but houses over here typically have both 110V
> and 220/240V feeds but the 220/240V feed is usually a two-phase supply
> (i.e. two lines of 110V) not a single phase supply like the UK. ...

> Larry Green wrote, On 15/08/08 21:26:

>> Flash Gordon wrote:

>>> Hello all, a bit off-topic, but I have a question about power in the
>>> USA...
>>>
>>> On of my brothers is moving to Silicon Valley (he has a 3 year work
>>> visa and his new company will sponsor him for a permanent work visa)
>>> and has a lot of expensive 220-240V Hi-Fi & AV equipment. One of his
>>> mates has said that houses often have 240V in the garage and kitchen.
>>> So what we want to know is whether the power is coming in to the
>>> house at 240V and then being stepped down so he would be OK running a
>>> 240V circuit to the lounge or whether it is stepped up for the garage
>>> making this a bad idea.
>>>
>>> To bring this nearer to on-topic, do they have silicon chips and
>>> microfiche for supper in Silicon Valley?

>>
>> I am not an electrician but houses over here typically have both 110V
>> and 220/240V feeds but the 220/240V feed is usually a two-phase supply ...

> Flash Gordon wrote:

>> Larry Green wrote, On 15/08/08 21:26:

>>> Flash Gordon wrote:

>>>> Hello all, a bit off-topic, but I have a question about power in the
>>>> USA...
>>>>
>>>> On of my brothers is moving to Silicon Valley (he has a 3 year work
>>>> visa and his new company will sponsor him for a permanent work visa)
>>>> and has a lot of expensive 220-240V Hi-Fi & AV equipment. One of his
>>>> mates has said that houses often have 240V in the garage and
>>>> kitchen. So what we want to know is whether the power is coming in
>>>> to the house at 240V and then being stepped down so he would be OK
>>>> running a 240V circuit to the lounge or whether it is stepped up for
>>>> the garage making this a bad idea.
>>>>
>>>> To bring this nearer to on-topic, do they have silicon chips and
>>>> microfiche for supper in Silicon Valley?

>>>
>>> I am not an electrician but houses over here typically have both 110V ...

> Hello all, a bit off-topic, but I have a question about power in the
> USA...
>
> On of my brothers is moving to Silicon Valley (he has a 3 year work visa
> and his new company will sponsor him for a permanent work visa) and has a
> lot of expensive 220-240V Hi-Fi & AV equipment. One of his mates has said
> that houses often have 240V in the garage and kitchen. So what we want to
> know is whether the power is coming in to the house at 240V and then being
> stepped down so he would be OK running a 240V circuit to the lounge or
> whether it is stepped up for the garage making this a bad idea.
>

>"Flash Gordon" wrote in message
>news:j73hn5x3da.ln2@news.flash-gordon.me.uk...

>> Hello all, a bit off-topic, but I have a question about power in the
>> USA...
>>
>> On of...

>A lot. The power consumption of *each* power amplifier is 500W so you
>would need one of the 800W converters (they cannot run continuously at
>maximum power) at $49.99 per power amp, or one of the 3000W ones (the
>continuous output of the 3000W one is not enough) at $149.99 for all 5.
>Then there is the rest of the kit. It might be even worse if there is a
>surge on kit being switched on (which is entirely possible on power amps
>and any high-power kit) so this would need to be checked out.