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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Rapp View Post
    It depends on what country you are in. In the US, we do not have this 220 volt receptacle. This however is a common receptacle across the pond. In the US, our wires are for example, 12/2, which really is a 3 wire cable, but classified a /2 for the non-ground wire. The extra wire is an unsheathed and only used for ground, therefore not part of the wire set used to carry voltage.
    My point is that 220 volts went away before before WWII in the USA, Cuba, and China, are a couple of countries that do still use 220V.

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    In all my 79 years it has been 110 and 220 volts.
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    110 volts and 120 volts A/C are really the same thing, just expressed differently.

    The actual peak voltage of a wall circuit is 170V A/C.
    110V is the average voltage.
    120V is the RMS voltage.

    It's the same thing, just expressed differently because it's based on values measured and derived from different points along the sine wave.

    Today, nearly everything in the USA uses the RMS figure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by andy bessette View Post
    In all my 79 years it has been 110 and 220 volts.
    Only verbally, my friend. That's the conundrum in these conversations what folks say and what actually flows through the wires isn't always the same. Habits die hard for sure.
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    Here's an article that deals with 110/120V.
    https://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~lectur...0%3D%20170%20V.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rich Engelhardt View Post
    Here's an article that deals with 110/120V.
    https://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~lectur...0%3D%20170%20V.
    If the peak-to-peak voltage is 340V, and the amplitude is 170V, then the average is 0V, not 110V.
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    It is only 0-volts for the briefest moment.
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    If the peak-to-peak voltage is 340V, and the amplitude is 170V, then the average is 0V, not 110V.
    True but - that isn't what is meant buy average voltage.
    I only used that article because it's simple and to the point.

    This one gets into more detail and goes into why they only use half the wave:
    https://eepower.com/technical-articl...-and-current/#

    This is also well beyond the scope of the OP so - I'm dropping it.
    Last edited by Rich Engelhardt; 01-19-2023 at 8:53 AM.
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    Same as people refering to a half ton pickup truck. The makers stopped using that term in the 1930's

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Dufour View Post
    Same as people refering to a half ton pickup truck. The makers stopped using that term in the 1930's
    Motor Trend article from 2021 used this term: https://www.motortrend.com/features/...lf-ton-trucks/. I supposed it should be class 1 ... class n not based on ton ratings. So MT is keeping the term going.
    Last edited by Justin Rapp; 01-20-2023 at 3:00 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Rapp View Post
    Motor Trend article from 2021 used this term: https://www.motortrend.com/features/...lf-ton-trucks/. I supposed it should be class 1 ... class n not based on ton ratings. So MT is keeping the term going.
    The new(11 year old) ford ranger half ton is 1,600 pounds. I think the one ton is over 3,000 pounds so roughly 50% off.
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