Public service announcement: US electricity is 120V

[uujjj2]

I keep reading about "110V" charging over and over on this forum. Belize uses 110V, but not the United States of America. The standard in the USA is 120V/240V, not 110V/220V.

 

[chronoreverse]

In fact, it's been 120V since 1984 and most systems were 120V since 1950. I don't know why 110V persists when most people speaking of it are born after 1950.

 

[Ostrichsak]

Just like it's 240v and people still refer to it as 220v.

 

[brkaus]

No voltage discussion would be complete without

 

[Jazx83]

Just like it's 240v and people still refer to it as 220v.

Well there is something to this. 220v for three phase power and 240v for single phase in NA.

 

[chronoreverse]

3-phase yields 208 volts not 220 (and yes that does mean your 240V electrical appliances are 13% less powerful in apartments that are supplied by 3-phase)