Tuesday, Nov 09, 2010 at 16:37
most US appliances are 110v/15amp. Some bigger appliances are 220/30amp (electric clothes dryers, electric stove, larger pressure washers). They use
a much larger plug (sometimes it's
a 3 pin on older ones, newer have
a 4 pin). Many electronic items can accept various AC voltages in to the transformer, and will output the correct DC to the device.
Since this is
about US caravans/RVs, the input on most RVs is
a 120v/30 amp plug. You can get 20 amp and 15 amp converter plugs though. 110v/20 amp plugs look the same as
a 15 amp plug, but the Hot/active prong is horizontal instead of vertical, it won't plug in to
a 15 amp socket, but 20 amp sockets accept both.
Then there's 3 Phase, the voltages don't seem to be universal for 3 phase either.
Australia seems to be more standardized in the plugs, voltages and amps, but the downside is you can't get
a dryer that will do
a full load of towels or jeans in an hour. Quicker to use the clothes line.
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