[Hallicrafters] Did Power Line Voltage Increase from 110 to 120V?

[Edward B Richards]

I read several years ago that the official residential voltage was being
increased again. This time to 122 VAC. They have periodically raised the
voltage through the years. The higher the voltage the smaller wiring can
be. Less cost, less weight for aerial distribution. The link does not
imply that the official voltage has not changed. The post is just
discussing the actual voltage at the load due to IR losses. I firmly
believe any older equipment should be run at a lower voltage. A cheap,
easy to build voltage reducer is shown on the BAMA home page. Thank you.

Ed  K6UUZ

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:27:17 -0800 Jim Hill <hro5-2 at cox.net> writes:
> There have been many posts telling how line voltage increased from 
> 110 to 120V over the years, and the bad effects on Hallicrafters and 
> 
> other boatanchor receivers.  Here's an interesting link which sounds 
> 
> like it didn't, or was the voltage 220 in the past?
> 
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/electrical-wiring/part1/section-14.html
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Jim
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