On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:05:17 +0200, Orchid XP v3 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> PS. 230 V? I thought it was 250 V...
>>  IIRC the spec was changed from 240 +/- 10% to 230 +15% -5% (or  
>> something equally stupid) to get us inline with Europe.  Doesn't your  
>> meter tell you the voltage too?
>
> The mater claims 249.98 V.

Still within tolerance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity#Voltage_levels


> Also, 49.97 Hz. (So much for "they keep it to exactly 50 Hz to help all  
> those clocks that use it". The frequency waivers all over the place!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity#Frequency_stability
http://www.dynamicdemand.co.uk/grid.htm



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FE

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