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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Christian Weisgerber   wrote:   
   >On 2025-12-29, Thomas Koenig  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> True, though I'm not sure I have *ANYTHING* at home that isn't capable   
   >>> of running on 50/60Hz and 110-240V (and no need to switch any longer).   
   >>   
   >> You don't have a hairdryer in your home, then?   
   >>   
   >> (I just looked at one here, in Germany, and it was rated 220-240 V,   
   >> 50 Hz).   
   >   
   >Fair enough.  Appliances built around a simple heating element (hair   
   >dryer, electric kettle, clothes iron, etc.) are typically limited   
   >to a single voltage.   
      
   There's no problem adding a center tap so that they can drive each half   
   of the element in either series or parallel depending on the mains voltage.   
      
   (The problem with this is that other than hair dryers, most Europeans   
   expect way higher power heating appliances than can be powered by a 15A 120V   
   main and this method gives you the same heating capacity on either voltage).   
      
   Growing up we had a bunch of dual-voltage appliances like this.   
   --scott   
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