In the US for example the standard is 110V for voltage and 80psi for water. In Europe, voltage is 220V, is water pressure different there too?

  • Kaboom@reddthat.com
    35·
    6 months ago

    Hes just being pedantic. Reality is US houses get a +120v and a -120v supply. Combine them is how you get 240v.

    • ramble81@lemm.eeOP
      41·
      6 months ago

      There’s lots of pedantry going on in this thread rather than attempting to understand the spirit of the question.

    • ElongatedMuskrat@lemm.ee
      2·
      6 months ago

      sorry dude thats not right. first off houses recieve AC power which cycles between positive and negative at 60hz ~120v rms in north america. they achieve a potential difference in voltage by basically taking a phase of power, splitting it into two lines and then lagging one line by 90° usually with the use of capacitance from what i was taught back in the day(Good ol ELI the ICEman). this phase shift now gives you a potential difference between those two lines of 240v and 120v between phase and ground. need to use phasor algebra with AC power. when dealing with 3 phase power you still wouldnt just add 120v plus 120v when going phase to phase, you would multiply 120v by the square root of 3 which gives you 208v.