tom-at-foundation on Nostr: It is probably legacy. What’s interesting to me is that we (US) at least have a 1:2 ...
It is probably legacy. What’s interesting to me is that we (US) at least have a 1:2 voltage ratio to Europe/Asia. So transformers can easily convert between the two systems 120-240 V or vice versa. It could be worse if the ratio was something uneven.
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