On 15/12/14 14:30, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 14.12.2014 22:48, mourik jan heupink - merit a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> berenger.morel writes: >>> In France, the electric network provide 220V to everyone. >> Are you sure? Starting from 2000 or so, the whole of europe has >> gradually changed to 230v, as a compromise between UK (240v) and the >> rest of europe (220v). >> >> MJ > > I am not sure. But, how old is this reform? I have used voltmeters more > than once, and have always read 220V. But, I have not had to find > failures in an installation since at least few years, maybe 5-6 (which > is a long time when you still are not 30 years old, so I'm not sure > about how many years exactly I did not had to check). > > The change was agreed by the Council of Europe in 1989, with a 15-year implementation time.
A reading of 220V on a nominal 230V +/- 6% (i.e 216.2 .. 243.8) is quite legitimate, and even to be expected -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Ariège, France | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/548eeec1.8030...@vanderhoff.org
