Heatwave!

[pomtzu]

No, their power system is different. It is not just the plugs, it is the actual electric wattage.

Isn't it that we are AC (alternating current), and they are DC (direct current)?

[Asiel]

We had a huge thunderstorm with heavy rain yesterday for about 4 hours but it stopped after supper and nothing had cooled down. We're still in the high
30's but it feels worse with the humidity. The rain did help the fields and lawns but I think we'd need a steady week of rain to get everything back to normal. This is so unusual for us but after the long cold and humid winter I think I can make do with this sun and heat even if it means being cooped up with the a/c running non stop.

[Marigold2]

OMG please let this horrible heat wave end and some cool, clean, refresing rain start.

[chocolatepuppy]

It was 80* at midnight last night! Back up to 88* today.

[momcat]

OMG please let this horrible heat wave end and some cool, clean, refresing rain start.

According to our local news, Trenton is in its 5th heatwave of this awful summer and there's no end in sight. The next 7 days are expected to be above 90 degrees. It was already 80 degrees at 7:00 this morning.

Like many other areas, we're in desperate need of rain. Everywhere you look the grass is brown and the ground is so dry it's like a rock.

I'm a winter lover anyway and would love to go back to January and February!

[Marigold2]

Heavy thunderstorms are on th way for Ohio.
I love winter as well Momcat

[chocolatepuppy]

I give, I give! Stop the heat!!! Nice and cool tomorrow! 82*

[Marigold2]

The sky clouded, the wind started and then maybe 50 rain drops and then the sun came out with the lovest rainbow I ave ever seen. But rain how I long for the rain...................

[Freedom]

Isn't it that we are AC (alternating current), and they are DC (direct current)?

Yup, think that is it.

So we are now in our SECOND heatwave of this summer! Unbelievable what a hot summer we are having. We rarely get ONE heatwave, let alone TWO! And it is still early in the season.

[kokopup]

pomtzu

Isn't it that we are AC (alternating current), and they are DC (direct current)?

The Power in Europe is not DC It is 50 Hertz AC where ours is 60 hertz ac. Our voltage standards are 115v ac and 220 volts 60 hertz AC. The European voltage standard is 220-240volts 50 Hertz. If you sent a 220 volt ac Air conditioning to Europe it would work but the compressor and fan speeds would be slower. The speed of motors is determined by the power frequency, in Europe 50 hertz. Our 115v conditioner would not work there, because it would have double its normal voltage.

[pomtzu]

pomtzu


The Power in Europe is not DC It is 50 Hertz AC where ours is 60 hertz ac. Our voltage standards are 115v ac and 220 volts 60 hertz AC. The European voltage standard is 220-240volts 50 Hertz. If you sent a 220 volt ac Air conditioning to Europe it would work but the compressor and fan speeds would be slower. The speed of motors is determined by the power frequency, in Europe 50 hertz. Our 115v conditioner would not work there, because it would have double its normal voltage.

Okay - now I got ya - but it's plain as mud to me.
I know that I've heard when people travel to Europe, that small appliances like hair dryers won't work there, without some kind of converter.
Did I get that part right???

[kokopup]

pomtzu

Okay - now I got ya - but it's plain as mud to me.
I know that I've heard when people travel to Europe, that small appliances like hair dryers won't work there, without some kind of converter.
Did I get that part right???

You do need a plug adapter because our plugs are very different than theirs,
If you use a 115v hair dryer with an adapter it will work but the heat output will be reduced because their voltage is 220v. Things like TV's and other electronic devices will not work even with an adapter. They will probably smoke and burn up the instant it is turned on. There are inverter devices that will convert voltage and frequency, but they would be very expensive.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

pomtzu


You do need a plug adapter because our plugs are very different than theirs,
If you use a 115v hair dryer with an adapter it will work but the heat output will be reduced because their voltage is 220v. Things like TV's and other electronic devices will not work even with an adapter. They will probably smoke and burn up the instant it is turned on. There are inverter devices that will convert voltage and frequency, but they would be very expensive.

You've explained this so well!! I am sure you have been in Europe already !!
In Belgium we have that system too

There is also a heatwave here.....! NOT easy to live in, when you know that AC isn't yet very popular here! We have a big fan in our bedroom, but that's it!!
I swear, if we ever have another house built, it MUST have AC everywhere!!!

[Randi]

When I visited CA, I brought a converter and it worked fine charging my batteries for the camera. However, I borrowed an American hairdryer.

In a hotel in Spain, John and I blew the fuses in whole building one time, when we took his shaver out of the plug and put my hairdryer in another. We had just arrived and had complained about the noise from the disco downstairs. We got a quiet night and moved to another hotel the next morning.