Comments by "Delibro" (@Delibro) on "The US electrical system is not 120V" video.

  1. Mhh, that got me thinking... That is a fact that I never thought about, thank you :)
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  2.  @deang5622  Ok good you know. And no I won't take the trouble to read all the 22 413 posts there are on this video.
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  3. This is true in all of Europe. This is also an important point, when Alec points out that the US system is 240 V - then the European system is 400 V, compare apples with apples.
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  4. This is true (although since about 40 years its 230 V in all of Europe, Turkey, Russia, India, Australia...). But this is also an important point, when Alec points out that the US system is 240 V - then the European system is 400 V, compare apples with apples.
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  5.  @MCasterAnd  Ok, good to know. Don't know which country my statistics was from.
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  6.  @deang5622  It doesn't needs to be converted, just tab to one phase and one neutral and you have single phase.
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  7.  @deang5622  I was replying to your first post in this thread, the one you mentioned "converting" 🙂 I've read your second post too. If you post a third time in this thread before me maybe YouTube filtered it.
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  8. Yea and when we apply that to most European houses, the 240 V of the US system corresponds to the 400 V of the European system ;)
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  9.  @noer0205  Yes you are right. But the video states that in the US you can also have 240 V: The answer from me is than, well if we use more than one live wire we can also have more than our normal 230 V.
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  10. If you touch 230 V by hand, yes, chances are only 3 % to die. Too much for me though. But if touched with other body parts it can be more than 50 % though.
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  11.  @FakeMichau  400 V is between two phases of a three phased system. One phase has 230 V and so two phases have 400 V between them. This is the norm in all of Europe, although smaller homes would often only have one phase wired into the home.
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