[Gllug] OT: Merging UPS outputs

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 22 Aug, Alain Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:53:51AM +0100, David Damerell wrote:
> > On Sunday, 21 Aug 2005, Chris Hunter wrote:
> > >David Damerell wrote:
> > >>On Thursday, 18 Aug 2005, Richard Jones wrote:
> > >>>Why do we run 240 VAC through our houses anyway?  Surely all of these
> > >>>transformers and regulators must waste huge amounts of energy.
> > >>Er, what would you suggest instead?
> > >55 Volts either side of earth is quite reasonable (like site power 
> > >tools, and much of the Americas).  It's generally much safer,
> > 
> > Except for the persistent fire problems the Yanks have with greater
> > heating in domestic wiring.
> 
> They also tend to build their houses from wood whereas we build ours from stone (brick).
> 
   An uncle who emigrated to the north of Canada explained that the
temperature could vary +/- 50 degrees C per day, so brick cracked up. The
chimney was often the only part of a building made of brick, and that needed
to be replaced about every 3 years. 

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Chris Bell

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