Electrical power in Russia
Electrical power in Russia
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My wife an I just returned from a great vacation in Russia, particularly on a river cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Being a child of the US, and growing up with 120 VAC, it intrested me greatly about the use of 220, common in many parts of the world, just not in the US. I saw a cement mixer powered by 220, with the extension cord about 200 feet long, my guess about 22 guage, or about 2/3 the diameter of a common pencil. An electric concrete busting hammer (Hitachi) was powered by the same extension cord through a junction box, and a spot light too!
The male end had no connector, just the bare wires wrapped around a couple of nails plugged into an available socket!
That took some head scratching.
Franz
Being a child of the US, and growing up with 120 VAC, it intrested me greatly about the use of 220, common in many parts of the world, just not in the US. I saw a cement mixer powered by 220, with the extension cord about 200 feet long, my guess about 22 guage, or about 2/3 the diameter of a common pencil. An electric concrete busting hammer (Hitachi) was powered by the same extension cord through a junction box, and a spot light too!
The male end had no connector, just the bare wires wrapped around a couple of nails plugged into an available socket!
That took some head scratching.
Franz
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Don Phillips
http://worthingtonengineering.com
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Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Electrical power in Russia
RE: Electrical power in Russia
Made me want to kiss the first OSHA-worshipping safety inspector I met when I returned to the states. Of course, I wanted strangle him the very next day...
old field guy
RE: Electrical power in Russia
Here's a typical Costa Rican service. I think they have the right idea: make sure you kill off the unfit before they can breed. Those who actually listen to their parents get to carry on.
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One has to admire the innovative use of a sectioned plastic bottle as a drip shield for that disconnect switch.
Recycling! It's "planet-friendly!"
old field guy
RE: Electrical power in Russia
That cracks me up - a three digit meter?! I'd probably roll it over every month..
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com