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Low Wattage here
Seems to be up to around 400watts.
Above that you usually have a round cord.
Double Insulated Zip cord is on TV's, DVD's, Mixers, Stick blendors, electric clocks, lamps, shavers, toothbrushes and the such.
Once you get above around 400watts, you get a thick round cord.
If an appliance is double insulated, you have a two pronged plug, otherwise (Excluding lamps) its a 3 pronged plug.
Seems to be up to around 400watts.
Above that you usually have a round cord.
Double Insulated Zip cord is on TV's, DVD's, Mixers, Stick blendors, electric clocks, lamps, shavers, toothbrushes and the such.
Once you get above around 400watts, you get a thick round cord.
If an appliance is double insulated, you have a two pronged plug, otherwise (Excluding lamps) its a 3 pronged plug.
~Oh, I see a label. Is your electric meter 75 years old?
The manufacturer is celebrating 75 years in business.
~Oh, and heating your house with electricity would cost you a fortune here.
Yes it does here too. Worst possible option in most areas. A heat-pump (reverse-cycle air-condtioner) is better, but still expensive!)
Sorry to have gotten in the way, Theo!
Love your posts by the way. If you think we are confused between our two electrical systems now, let's not even THINK about house-boats and earthing/grouding. O M G!
Your turn to post. I'm done for now! LOL Besdies you have to get to sleep before I do............
The manufacturer is celebrating 75 years in business.
~Oh, and heating your house with electricity would cost you a fortune here.
Yes it does here too. Worst possible option in most areas. A heat-pump (reverse-cycle air-condtioner) is better, but still expensive!)
Sorry to have gotten in the way, Theo!
Love your posts by the way. If you think we are confused between our two electrical systems now, let's not even THINK about house-boats and earthing/grouding. O M G!
Your turn to post. I'm done for now! LOL Besdies you have to get to sleep before I do............
jmirawm
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I have total electric and the heating bill gets up to about $120 here in the winter. I am on the average billing plan and my bill rarely gets to $90 a month. <p> The rich B**** with electric heating that costs a fortune. <P> **muah** I do loves ya toggles !!
I have total electric and the heating bill gets up to about $120 here in the winter. I am on the average billing plan and my bill rarely gets to $90 a month. <p> The rich B**** with electric heating that costs a fortune. <P> **muah** I do loves ya toggles !!
Hey Dixie!
Is the south part of this country?
You call that a winter?
~Yes it does here too.
Can also be read to mean "in my city and area".
*MUAH* LOL.
OK OK Theo, he has a point. Some areas are sparsely populated and the demand for power at peak times in managable, so the rates there are low. .................
(DUCKS AND RUNS REALLY FAST so fast no one can see I'm
nekked under my clothes!)
I knows you stills wuvs me... LOL.
UH oh I'm in trouble now!
Is the south part of this country?
You call that a winter?
~Yes it does here too.
Can also be read to mean "in my city and area".
*MUAH* LOL.
OK OK Theo, he has a point. Some areas are sparsely populated and the demand for power at peak times in managable, so the rates there are low. .................
(DUCKS AND RUNS REALLY FAST so fast no one can see I'm
nekked under my clothes!)
I knows you stills wuvs me... LOL.
UH oh I'm in trouble now!
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I LOVE THAT PENCIL SHARPENER!!! ...I really want it!!! Screeeeaaaammmm that I want it!!!
I guess the nick-name given to me by our web-master of *Plug
This linkie was posted by our very own Sudsmaster in another thread.
Interesting that in the UK construction site power-tools and lighting is 110v usign a center-tapped 55v-to-earth system.
So I guess there weould be a double-pole two hot-leg (no neutral) system for construction sites. I'm curious to see 110v power tools for construction sites. Would anyone (Brit or otherwise) have a linkie? What would the plug configurations be? (eyes roll. LOL)
Also what are some industrial commerical voltages in other lands? In the U.S.A. have 110/208v 3-phase power and 377/480v power, which I also assume to be 3-phase. Beyond that I am not certain.
oh our electric trains (subways, in NY City) use 600v DC.
Can 25 hertz "pass" as DC to a DC motor? Because I could swear platform lighting was 25cycles/Hertz.
It was interesting to see that five 120 volt lamps were wired in series (therefore each lamp/light-bulb gets 120v) to handle the 600v DC when the lighting "fixture" was connected to the third rail to illuminate track work-sites. Now I'm not sure, but I beleive that when a current draw is sensed the traffic-signal lights would turn red, preventing rear-end collisions in gneeral and safety to the workers in this case.
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This linkie was posted by our very own Sudsmaster in another thread.
Interesting that in the UK construction site power-tools and lighting is 110v usign a center-tapped 55v-to-earth system.
So I guess there weould be a double-pole two hot-leg (no neutral) system for construction sites. I'm curious to see 110v power tools for construction sites. Would anyone (Brit or otherwise) have a linkie? What would the plug configurations be? (eyes roll. LOL)
Also what are some industrial commerical voltages in other lands? In the U.S.A. have 110/208v 3-phase power and 377/480v power, which I also assume to be 3-phase. Beyond that I am not certain.
oh our electric trains (subways, in NY City) use 600v DC.
Can 25 hertz "pass" as DC to a DC motor? Because I could swear platform lighting was 25cycles/Hertz.
It was interesting to see that five 120 volt lamps were wired in series (therefore each lamp/light-bulb gets 120v) to handle the 600v DC when the lighting "fixture" was connected to the third rail to illuminate track work-sites. Now I'm not sure, but I beleive that when a current draw is sensed the traffic-signal lights would turn red, preventing rear-end collisions in gneeral and safety to the workers in this case.
Split-phase electric power - Wikipedia
Gabriele, you're not the only one. Sadly it doesn't seem to be commercially available.
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WTF of the Day: Doggy Style Pencil Sharpener
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Window shopping...
Although speciality shops are disappearing, we still have a few around. During a nightly walk yesterday I passed a few shops with on topic window displays:
Here we have the socket (A) for Louis' dishwasher plug. This is known as a "Perilex" socket and together with the associated plug they form an odd couple. What's so special? Well, this socket can be wired in various ways.
First it can be used as a socket for 400V 3 phase supply. This is how it is normally used in a commercial setting e.g. for a laboratory washing machine. When used in this way the plug and the socket have to be wired according to a standard procedure. Nowadays the use of Perilex for 400V connections is decreasing. New sockets are no longer installed in commercial settings and CEE connectors (B) are used instead.
Perilex connectors are also used in domestic settings and here they are still popular for connecting cookers to the power supply and as such they can be used to connect the cooker to a 400V 3 phase supply which is wired as above or they can be used to connect the cooker to a special "cooking circuit" with 2 230V phase wires and 2 neutral wires. When used in the latter fashion there is no standard wiring procedure other than that the central flat prong is used for grounding. One must therefore always check the wiring before inserting a Perilex plug in an unknown socket.
Louis' "wasmachineschakelaar" (C) is also displayed.
Although speciality shops are disappearing, we still have a few around. During a nightly walk yesterday I passed a few shops with on topic window displays:
Here we have the socket (A) for Louis' dishwasher plug. This is known as a "Perilex" socket and together with the associated plug they form an odd couple. What's so special? Well, this socket can be wired in various ways.
First it can be used as a socket for 400V 3 phase supply. This is how it is normally used in a commercial setting e.g. for a laboratory washing machine. When used in this way the plug and the socket have to be wired according to a standard procedure. Nowadays the use of Perilex for 400V connections is decreasing. New sockets are no longer installed in commercial settings and CEE connectors (B) are used instead.
Perilex connectors are also used in domestic settings and here they are still popular for connecting cookers to the power supply and as such they can be used to connect the cooker to a 400V 3 phase supply which is wired as above or they can be used to connect the cooker to a special "cooking circuit" with 2 230V phase wires and 2 neutral wires. When used in the latter fashion there is no standard wiring procedure other than that the central flat prong is used for grounding. One must therefore always check the wiring before inserting a Perilex plug in an unknown socket.
Louis' "wasmachineschakelaar" (C) is also displayed.
Here we have a selection of adapters (A) to convert one standard or Schuko socket into multiple Eurosockets or a socket for British plugs.
Also displayed are fuses (B). The diameter of the back end of the fuse (arrows) depends on the rating. A 25A fuse doesn't fit in a fuse socket that is rated for 16A because it is too thick.
Also displayed are fuses (B). The diameter of the back end of the fuse (arrows) depends on the rating. A 25A fuse doesn't fit in a fuse socket that is rated for 16A because it is too thick.
And, very appropriately, I passed a shop specialised in heating apparatus.
In the display there was this gas stove (A). The same model that I had years ago. It produces a not very comfortable heat: the part of your body that is facing the stove is frying and the other half is chilling plus that it produces an annoying hissing sound. On the plus side: it is very light and easy to move around.
In the display there was this gas stove (A). The same model that I had years ago. It produces a not very comfortable heat: the part of your body that is facing the stove is frying and the other half is chilling plus that it produces an annoying hissing sound. On the plus side: it is very light and easy to move around.
They also had a water heater on display. Now this is a small model (capacity 10 or 15 litres) that has become quite popular during recent years. It seems that it is more economical to have these heaters installed near sinks in offices, laboratories etc. than to have a central heating system that circulates the hot water through the whole building. I have worked in an old building where the central hot water supply was replaced by these small electric heaters and the building where I am currently working (dating from 2004) has had them from the start.
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