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Author: zolzol Date: Aug 15, 2008 20:40
"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 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.
>
i'm not an electrician, so the technical stull i will defer to muddycat, as
i beleive he is an electrician. i do know that electric stoves and clothes
dryers run on 220/240 v, everything else runs at 110/120 v. i do have a
friend that has his garage wired with a couple of 240v outlets for his
welding equipment, but all the other power tools he has run on the same
110/120v lines.
> To bring this nearer to on-topic, do they have silicon chips and
> microfiche for supper in Silicon Valley?
yes.
zol
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