[GreenKeys] Australian Power cords.

[Dave Horsfall]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2022, Doug Jackson wrote:

> We have been 240v since the dawn of time, then the Europeans mucked 
> around with a standard and now we are 230v.

Unless you were in Western Australia (pretty much a different country) 
where 250v was the norm (although still 50 Hz), until they joined the 
national grid.

> In typical Oz humor, we defined the voltage standard as being 230 V as 
> the nominal voltage with a +10% to –6% variation at the point of supply, 
> i.e., 253 V to 216.2 V.

Yep :-)

> I had a mate of mine spend too much time in Europe and it made his brain 
> go funny - He almost had a meltdown when I showed him the 240V from his 
> mains socket...

You should see (or, rather not), what 250v (plus spikes) will do to
Euro-defined 220v stuff...

-- Dave VK2KFU