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Old 01-17-2008, 04:50 PM   #1347 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by st0l3n View Post
Theres your reason there, make things simple
Single phase 220 -240 volt for home everything, from toasters to dryers to coffee machine to tv's to power tools .etc
3 phase for industrial stuff

There are a couple of industrial sites with 110 volts steel mills, smelters
But this is to stop people stealing the drills saws and other power tools off the site
Ha, pretty good idea about the use of the 110 to keep stuff from getting stolen. The only thing is I'm not sure that a power grid the size of the US's could handle 220 to anywhere. But I will admit 220 is a heck of a lot safer to deal with than 110 is.
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