[Gllug] OT: Merging UPS outputs

[Alain Williams]

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).

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