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I mentioned that in another thread somewhere.....When I was a kid US electricity was 110/220 now it's 120/240.
I mentioned that in another thread somewhere.....When I was a kid US electricity was 110/220 now it's 120/240.
I don't think we will see much change here for some time."Ergon" Note: On this webpage when we use the term '240 volts' we mean 240 volts (+/-6%), and when we use the term '230 volts' we mean 230 volts (+10/-6%).
I don’t use a keyboard often.Ok, just tried something that may work. I assume you have a keyboard? Touch the screen just in front of, but not on, the Like button on the bottom of a user's post. Then use the TAB key. You'll advance to Like, then to Reply, then to Report, and the next TAB will take you to "hover" over the next user icon/avatar. The TAB key advances you thru the page stopping at each and every clickable item.
I just remembered I had an Android tablet, so I tried it. If there is an input text field, like you are entering a username, one light touch to the input area will bring up a soft keyboard. Unfortunately, mine doesn't have a TAB key. Nor alt or control. Oh well.I don’t use a keyboard often.
I will try this next time I do.
Yup, this works.I just remembered I had an Android tablet, so I tried it. If there is an input text field, like you are entering a username, one light touch to the input area will bring up a soft keyboard. Unfortunately, mine doesn't have a TAB key. Nor alt or control. Oh well.
BUT, if I tap once lightly on the user's avatar, it brings up the exact same info as if you hovered a mouse over it. And if you press-and-hold on the Like button, it brings up the cast of emoticons, whereas if you just touch it once lightly, you just get a plain ol' like.
Great. Like I always told my computer illiterate dad.... there is ALWAYS more than one way to do something.Yup, this works.
110, 115, 120 volts AC I'm not going to quibble over a few volts, but are you trying to tell me that the Europeans just generalize and refer to everything as 220, even their standard 110 volt outlets and appliances, or, do they not use 110 volt outlets and appliances?Actually, residential US households are primarily split-phase (aka single-phase three-wire; a center tap on a 240V transformer gives two 120v legs or 240V). So, we're really single phase, 120V, 240V, split-phase. Confuses everyone.
The reason you see 110v appliances is because manufactures advertise them that way so customers know that should they happen to not be seeing 120v at their residence the appliance will still work (those appliances still work at 120v too)
Ever notice that European outlets look different? Pins instead of prongs, different width, etc.... It's so stupid Americans can't plug their 120VAC devices into a European 240VAC outlet and curl their hair without a curling iron. Europe is generally 240VAC.110, 115, 120 volts AC I'm not going to quibble over a few volts, but are you trying to tell me that the Europeans just generalize and refer to everything as 220, even their standard 110 volt outlets and appliances, or, do they not use 110 volt outlets and appliances?
Inflation.
Are you trying to tell me that 220vac is the potentiil of the outlets in a eueropeon bathroom?Ever notice that European outlets look different? Pins instead of prongs, different width, etc.... It's so stupid Americans can't plug their 120VAC devices into a European 240VAC outlet and curl their hair without a curling iron. Europe is generally 240VAC.
Europe's electrical system is different from ours in two ways: the voltage of the current and the shape of the plug.
American appliances run on 110 volts, while European appliances are 220 volts.
The articles wording is misleading, most gadgets are not dual voltage, meaning, if I try to power an appliance marked 110 volts AC by applying 110 vac to both the hot and the neutral line, it's going to smoke. Perhaps the adapter not only of course adapts mechanically to the different prong arrangement, but also feeds the appliances with only one 110vac input? I am confused. Help me!Electric Europe: Adapters and Converters
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