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[-] mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago

While the US system gets called 110/220, my house actually puts out ~242v. Right now I have a smart plug saying 121.5v.

And since you mentioned the word "plugs", here are our 220 15a and 20a outlets.

[-] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

120/240 is the nominal voltage in North America. 110/220 is archaic/colloquial/wrong.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

And the standard includes a plus or minus that I don’t remember: it’s unreasonable to expect an exact voltage and everything is built with that in mind

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