Quote from: Phoenix1969 on September 04, 2013, 05:18:00 PM

Quote from: Bitcoinorama on September 04, 2013, 05:14:11 PM

Quote from: Phoenix1969 on September 04, 2013, 05:07:31 PM

actually O'rama, we (Americans) have both 110 & 220 installed in most households. Just the 220 is usually used for large appliances, like ovens & driers, also come with a plug end(pigtail) the size of a small fist....lol

I never knew. That said though our (EU) voltage (especially Germany) is a lot more flexible, you can step a lot higher, but I doubt people will want to turn their houses into datacentres in the long run. If you do you could prob host other peoples kit, which would be a business in itself...

I could be mistaken, but I'm thinking 60hz could step higher than 50?
But of course we have 3 phase vs. ? Not that this matters any....

The point of single phase 120V versus single phase 230V is that requires twice the current to transfer the same amount of power. Frequencies have nothing at all to do with this.

The high voltage connections you are talking about are three-phase (commonly 120*sqrt3 = 200V in US, 230*sqrt3 = 400V in EU).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity

Europes electricity standards are far more advanced than the US from todays standpoint.

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