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Will a Corsair 1600 Watt power supply rated for 200-240 Volts A.C. input work on 120 volts A.C.

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No, the end result is basically the same as far as electrical devices are concerned, but how it is achieved is different. The US 240v doesn't have a neutral.
Oh yes, I saw a video on America's electrical system a little while ago and very interesting it was too. It showed how most homes actually had 240V power as a split phase, with the centre tap forming the neutral side. God help you if that centre tap wire breaks...

This is that video:

 
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So i've asked Jon (Corsair PSU dept. head).
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Hi, Thank you for clarifying this issue. At least it seems that I should be relatively safe in running this in Canada since I very much doubt my system will come close to running this power supply at its full potential. The original reason I wanted this was to have a healthy safety margin for the 18 core cpu I will be running.

Is the extra cable they supplied sufficient for 13A?
The extra cord for 120 volt is noticeably thicker than the 240 volt cord that came in the original box, of course I have no way of telling if just the insulation or the actual current carrying wires are thicker or not but I must assume they are.
 
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Oh yes, I saw a video on America's electrical system a little while ago and very interesting it was too. It showed how most homes actually had 240V power as a split phase, with the centre tap forming the neutral side. God help you if that centre tap wire breaks...

This is that video:


Unless you have devices that are good to 240V, but it would still blow all the surge protectors.

What I think of as split phase (Split-phase electric power - Wikipedia) some people seem to call 2 phase; I can see why, but it can be confusing. The original 240V is single phase and then split; real 2 phase is something different, and obsolete.

Two-phase electric power - Wikipedia

Technology can be complicated; guess that is why we have this forum.
 
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Only frequency: 60Hz USA, 50Hz most other places.
Huh? What do you mean "only frequency"?

60Hz is the only frequency used in the US but for sure, many other countries use 60Hz too. All of North America (Canada, Mexico, and the USA), most (I think all, actually) of South America including Brazil (the 5th most populous country in the world) use 60Hz. Saudi Arabia, South Korea, parts of Japan, and all of Taiwan do too - just to name some of the larger countries. There are many others.
 

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Ah, so it looks exactly the same as single phase 240V

The split system is dangerous in that a bad connection can result in 120V appliances receiving more than 120V.

Power surge due to an open neutral wire. - Bing video

It is a way used to get 110V from 220V and is not done in the UK, so while in the US a bad neutral can result in a lot more than the working voltage (110V), a bad neutral in the UK will not give rise to more than the working voltage (240V).
Yes, that is one of the many down sides.
 
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It should be noted while there is the potential for a dangerous situation the way it is done in the US, it is extremely rare. I mean it is so rare, I have never heard of anyone getting accidentally zapped with that scenario. I am not saying it is not possible or that it never has happened. I am just saying it most likely was due to careless negligence by someone who had no business being anywhere near those exposed wires in the first place.
 
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most (I think all, actually) of South America including Brazil (the 5th most populous country in the world) use 60Hz.
Well, yes, and no. There's both 50 and 60 Hz mains because... reasons, there's also 127, 200, 220 and 240V, I was in Brazil once and they have both 127 and 220 volts at 50 or 60 Hz depending on the region/state, it's odd.

My country uses 50Hz because power was brought by the British in the early 20th century and they used 50, no reason to change it now. Voltage depends on the supplier, my town -and house- gets 240/400V but for instance the next town gets 220/380 because it's wired to a different local grid. Plugs and sockets are also different.

About the power supply... if Jon says it works it works, the guy designed it.
 
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There's both 50 and 60 Hz mains because... reasons, there's also 127, 200, 220 and 240V,
I was going by this chart. There may be both, but the different voltages is not the reason why. The two (voltage and frequency) are not related.

The reasons are simple - grids were built years ago in different regions of the country. At the time, there were no national standards so each region built their own.

This happens a lot throughout history. Another common example is railroad gauge sizes. Railroads were built in one country or one region of country with this gauge, and other railroads where built in other areas using other gauges. The result for traveling through different regions is for passengers and cargo to physically move from one train running on one set of tracks, to another train on a different set of tracks.

And you are right about plugs and sockets. There are dozens of "standards" used around the world. :(
 
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About the power supply... if Jon says it works it works, the guy designed it.

Jon Gerow is a very talented guy, but he did not design it.
 

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Jon Gerow is a very talented guy, but he did not design it.
At the time the AX1600i was in development he was managing Corsair's PSU engineering department. He was literally in charge of the team that designing it.
 

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So all homes are supplied with 240 phasor for cost saving and efficiency then it's split via neutral In the home so you lower efficiency and consume more power. Ok I understand now.
:laugh:
No certain outlets get 120, others get 240, its for "safety"
 
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At the time the AX1600i was in development he was managing Corsair's PSU engineering department. He was literally in charge of the team that designing it.

I believe they modify existing designs.
 
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I believe they modify existing designs.
yes, OEM's will modify existing designs to suit the project manager's design but . . even w/o switching the OEM but the budget or price point changes . .
Although we honestly expected that the AX1600i would be just a small update of the AX1500i, that could not have been further from the truth. The AX1600i practically is an entirely new platform. The OEM of the power supply is Flextronics, the same company behind the AX1500i, but the AX1600i is drastically different.

aris's teardown for entertainment value:
 
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So all homes are supplied with 240 phasor for cost saving and efficiency then it's split via neutral In the home so you lower efficiency and consume more power. Ok I understand now.
:laugh:
It's mostly because Tommy Edison terrified everyone of high voltage AC. 120V at the outlet was viewed as some sort of "safe compromise" from using idiotically inefficient DC.
 
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Jon Gerow is a very talented guy, but he did not design it.
At the time the AX1600i was in development he was managing Corsair's PSU engineering department. He was literally in charge of the team that designing it.
So Flextronics did?

One more thing, if the C14 inlet was designed for 10A at 240V wouldn't running the PSU at 120V be bad?

It's mostly because Tommy Edison terrified everyone of high voltage AC.
Heh. There's still a couple Edison wall sockets at home, with "deadly" high voltage AC. It's a cruel world.
 

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It's already been covered, but basically its a modern 100-250V capable PSU, but it's efficiency sub 200V didnt meet the 80+ standards they wanted to advertise it as
 
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One more thing, if the C14 inlet was designed for 10A at 240V wouldn't running the PSU at 120V be bad?

Doesn't it used a C20 connector?
 

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Doesn't it used a C20 connector?
Yeah but refer to #23, that confused me a bit, it says CP- units come either with C20 or 14 inlet, OP's unit is rated for 200-240, so it'd make sense if it had the C14... maybe I'm overthinking it.
 
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Nice catch; perhaps the OP can tell us what he has.

10A at 100V and including inefficiencies would mean maybe 800-900W; almost half the rated value.
 

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It's mostly because Tommy Edison terrified everyone of high voltage AC. 120V at the outlet was viewed as some sort of "safe compromise" from using idiotically inefficient DC.
Topsy the elephant would like a word.

So Flextronics did?
Flextronics built it. Corsair designed and specced put the platform.
 
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And some are even 20A.
should've said "at least."

But that was Edison saying "look how dangerous AC is".
Indeed. My point. Edison also botched the execution of a human with AC current. He was more into making dramatic shows there than actually having a point.
 
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Nearly all non-lighting circuits stateside are 15A.
some TN local code:
210.52(B)(3) Kitchen Receptacle Requirements. Receptacles installed in a kitchen to serve countertop surfaces shall be supplied by two or more 20 AMP small-appliance branch circuits, and each such circuit shall supply not more than three receptacle outlets.

. . . .

220.10 General. Branch-circuit loads shall be calculated as shown in 220.12, 220.14, and 220.16. Branch circuit load calculations shall be provided as part of or prior to the "Rough Electric" inspection.

Exception: In one- and two-family dwellings the branch-circuit load calculations are not required if wired according to the following:

1) No more than 16 convenience outlets, single or duplex, shall be connected on any circuit and no single circuit shall supply an area of more than 750 sq. ft. Receptacle circuits shall be wired with a 12-gauge wire and protected by a 20-ampere over-current device. Not more than 12 outlets connected to any circuit where lighting and receptacle outlets are combined on one 20-ampere arc-fault protected over-current device.

2) At least one lighting circuit shall be installed for each 750 sq. ft. of floor area or fraction of this area. Not more than 12 lighting outlets shall be connected to any one lighting circuit. Lighting circuits may be wired with 14-gauge wire and protected by 15-ampere over-current devices.
as a home owner myself - but din't bookmark my local; everything but lighting goes on 20amp for space heaters, vacuums, power tools - that draws a higher load. lighting fixatures; esp ceiling fans, having smaller than 12 gauge wire and may cause a fire from the high load being on the circuit.

idk about you western beatniks though . . .
 
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The UK probably has the biggest difference, sockets are supplied by a 32 amp MCB running a ring circuit in 2.5mm twin and earth, lighting is fed via 6 amp MCB anything other than that tends to be individual circuits powering space heaters ,water heaters and so on.

Safety is dealt with via RCD so earth is important, code states Zs should be below 0.35-0.8 ohms depending on the supply and many many other regulations, so much so that when taking a test on regs it's nothing to do with knowing them but more about being able to read the book effectively.
 
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