I disagree with the part about the "feud" between Edison and Westinghouse. The feud was between Edison and Tesla and their financial backers JP Morgan and Westinghouse, respectively. Nicola Tesla once worked for Thomas Edison and when he began asking questions about alternating current, Edison did not take his theories seriously and fired him. Telsa spent a few years unemployed until he met Westinghouse who believed in Tesla's theories and began backing his expiriments financially. It was after Tesla's success in proving his theories that Edison became aware of the competition and instead of joining forces, decided to hold public demonstrations as scare tactics for turning the public against the high voltage needed for alternating current.
As the article states, direct current does not travel very far so a coal burning plant would be needed to create the steam needed to turn the generators for creating electric current. Tesla's alternating current was a much higher voltage which enabled it to travel greater distances without the need for as many coal burning plants.
Tesla believed he could send current into the atmosphere to be drawn by appliances and vehicles for free. He also wanted to generate enough power to destroy asteroids that orbited too close to the Earth. Tesla survived Westinghouse and turned to JP Morgan for financial backing in his later years. He spent his last few years of his life waiting for a call from JP Morgan that never came. He died 2 years before the end of World War II and his notebooks have been confiscated by the US government and have never been released. The Tesla/Westinghouse tower was dismantled in 1917 during World War I and several attempts have been made to restore the property. There are ongoing efforts to preserve the grounds and make a documentary to retell his story.
In the unites states there is no difference. But the correct term would be 240 volt. Just as the case of 110 volt really is 120 volt. In older days the 110 & 220 Volt was the actual voltage which powered homes. Now the voltage is 120 & 240 volts and this is not exact. 120 volts will typically be measured at the breaker panel as 116-124 volts and 240 will be around 235-244 volts. This is because the more the load your electrical items put on your home's electrical system the more the voltage will sag. Power company substations will jack up their output to your neighborhood especially during the cooling season so voltage will tend to increase by a few volts or so.
Without wishing to be sarcastic, the obvious answer is 100 V, but I suspect this isn't what you are asking. You need to restate the question to make it more obvious what you mean.
Typical residential power in U.S.A. is characterized by the AC voltage, which ranges from 110 to 120 volts and 220 to 240 volts. Basically, the voltage in the street on a pole is a higher voltage that is stepped down for your house. Your house is on the secondary of the transformer. If you have above ground service you'll see three wires coming into house. One of these wires is common and the AC voltage between the common and either other wire is a nominal 120 VAC. The voltage across the other two wires is 240 volts.
Most homes are fed by the power company with 220 to 240 volts both referenced to a neutral. In the main panel you would usually have a black and red cable and a bare neutral. The voltage between red and black will be 220 to 240 VAC and the voltage from Neutral to either black or red will be 110 to 120 VAC.
WITHOUT TECHNICAL ISSUE THE ANSWER IS 5 VOLTS.
10 volts
It is not uncommon to find ratings on appliances of 110v,115v,120v,125v depending on where it was manufactured. Typically these ratings allow a tolerance of + or- 10%, meaning an appliance with a 110v rating may be plugged into a source that provides between 99v and 121v.
Further explain "shuts off frequently". Is the breaker tripping? Is it the normal on/off cycling an AC does? Do you have to do something special to make it come back on? FYI: 115, 110, 120...they're all the same (so to speak). 117 Volts is the target voltage.
You could do it with 8-gauge wire, assuming you could even get a 110v water heater like that--4000-watt water heaters are all 220v.
No. The neon sign is fed by a step-up transformer. Primary side 120V, secondary side 7500V. If you applied 240 to the primary side you would get 15000 volts on the neon tube. A flash over and then nothing. If you can find a transformer from 120V to 240V or 240V to 120V then you are good to go. Connect 240V to 240V side and you will get 120V out the other, connect the 120V side to the neon sign and you should have light. Transformer should be at least 100va. This will give you an output of .83 amps at 120V
What is the difference between herds and packs?
It is 120V
If you live in an area that uses 115V as the mains supply, then it's absolutely fine. Equipment sold in the area will be designed to operate on that voltage and there is no difference in performance between 115V equipment and 230V equipment.
For residential service 110V, 115V, 117V, 120V, and 125V are all functionally the same. Electric companies have been slowly increasing the line voltage over the last 100 years to cope with increased loads. That is where these different voltages come from. The tolerance is generally +/-10%. That's +/- 11.5 volts in this case. So, a 115VAC appliance will run between 103.5 and 126.5VAC. The short answer is yes. 110V appliances can work with up to 130V without being burnt, additionally, 220V appliances can work with up to 240V without being burnt.
In the United States the common house current is commonly referred to as either 115 volts or 120 volts. The voltage varies due to the distance from the transformer on the pole because electricity loses voltage the further it has to travel.
Because they are "in-phase". In order to get 240v, you need two 120v Alternating Current lines that are 180° out of phase, that is, opposite phases. Only when one line is +120v and the other -120v will you see 240v between the wires.
It is not uncommon to find ratings on appliances of 110v,115v,120v,125v depending on where it was manufactured. Typically these ratings allow a tolerance of + or- 10%, meaning an appliance with a 110v rating may be plugged into a source that provides between 99v and 121v.
To find the power will depend on the voltage the item uses. Assuming a 120 volt circuit divide the wattage by the voltage, this gives the amps used. 2000w / 120v = 16.67 amps. 1500w/ 120v = 12.5 amps used.
Lorraine 14/11/1994
the voltage between 1 line & phase =120v The voltage between 2 line =240
Yes.
the difference between ac and dc is ac current changes its direction after every fixed interval of time.In India it changes after 1/100th second. and in dc it does not changes its direction.... --- Note: while in India and most European countries it changes 100 times/second (50 cycles/second), in the US, the standard is 60 cycles/second (or 120 changes/second). You will also see this called 60Hz in the US. In the US, the nominal standard is 120V, meaning it will go fromm +120V(olts) to -120V, then back to +120, (a full cycle), 60 times/second. In Europe the standard is 240V @ 50Hz. As far as average available voltage: 120V AC = 60V DC (because the 120VAC goes to 0 twice a second as it cycles up and down).
In the US, both 120v and 240v will be needed for your home, as different appliances need different voltages. Your TV needs 120V, while your electric dryer and stove will need a 120V/240V supply. If you have an electric water heater, or central AC unit, they will need a 240V supply.