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CE Risks from Argentina's Drop to 209V?

Posted by Cliff on from the will-anything-break dept.

stm2 asks: "Effective yesterday at 6 PM GMT, the voltage in Argentina was dropped from 220V to 209V (without any warning). The aim of this change is to save power. According to gov' officials, it won't affect domestic appliances. As a concerned IT worker I think some high precision electric devices could be at stake. There is an ongoing national debate about it. Could the technical community at Slashdot give some insights about possible unintended effects?"

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  1. "Save power"? by Saiai+Hakutyoutani · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The funny thing here is that all appliances that regulate the amount of power they consume will continue to consume the same amount of power, but the decreased voltage will cause more power to disappear on the way to the transformers.