ASUS Announces Pro WS Platinum Series Power Supplies, up to 3000 W

[TheLostSwede]

Actually I always thought that having a fuse in the plug was a damn good idea it's a shame it never made it to New Zealand as it may have prevented quite a few house fires

It's only a good idea if the fuse box in the home is shite, like the one above.
With modern circuit breakers with the various protections that are built in now, you shouldn't at least in theory, have any electrical fires.
The fuse in the plug is easily circumvented as well, it's not uncommon for people to replace the fuse with a piece of metal if the fuse is triggered too often, instead of changing for a larger fuse, as this requires changing the plug or the entire cable.
But I guess if you still have one of the old type fuse boxes that uses fuse wires, you might be better off with a fuse in the device. That said, more often than not, the fuse wire melted before the fuse blew in the flat I lived in, so just because the device has a fuse, it might not be the one that blows. Also note that you obviously can put a higher rated device in a lower rated socket in the UK, which doesn't seem to be the case in your part of the world if I'm not mistaken?

 

[b1k3rdude]

You can run a 3kw PSU of a std mains plug. the Max AMP rating for UK sockets is 13A@240v

 

[MentalAcetylide]

Yes?


The UK is very different, as the fuse is in the plug, although there's a fuse box as well, but it means that the device fuse is the initial limitation and then the circuit is secondary.
I had something like this in one place I lived in...

In other words, we probably won't be using something like that here in the US without rewiring the circuit at the least, because most residential circuits that use 120 V are wired with 14/2 gauge wire, with the exception of 20-amp circuits using 12/2 gauge wire for kitchens, bathrooms, special lighting circuits, etc. Our ovens & dryers need something like 50 amps and 30 amps, respectively, at 240 volts iirc. Yeah, our electrical service is a bit different here in the US.

 

[TheLostSwede]

In other words, we probably won't be using something like that here in the US without rewiring the circuit at the least, because most residential circuits that use 120 V are wired with 14/2 gauge wire, with the exception of 20-amp circuits using 12/2 gauge wire for kitchens, bathrooms, special lighting circuits, etc. Our ovens & dryers need something like 50 amps and 30 amps, respectively, at 240 volts iirc. Yeah, our electrical service is a bit different here in the US.

Still not as bad as Japan which is on 100 V, half the country went with 50 Hz, half with 60 Hz...
Taiwan is somewhere between the US and Japan, very confusing.

 

[MentalAcetylide]

Still not as bad as Japan which is on 100 V, half the country went with 50 Hz, half with 60 Hz...
Taiwan is somewhere between the US and Japan, very confusing.

Well the US is a pretty big country, so its no surprise we went with 60 Hz. iirc, the difference between the 50 & 60 Hz is that 60 is more efficient for longer transmission distances, which is what one would expect in a country such as the US. Surprisingly, Russia uses 50 Hz, but I would imagine they have a much lower population density.

I'm sure Japan has a work-around for it when its necessary, but it would suck if you're one of those people that have to move around a lot due to work. I'm pretty sure you have to convert the input power to DC & then back to AC @ the desired Hz to make the change. That can get expensive.

 

[Athlonite]

I'm sure Japan has a work-around for it when its necessary, but it would suck if you're one of those people that have to move around a lot due to work. I'm pretty sure you have to convert the input power to DC & then back to AC @ the desired Hz to make the change. That can get expensive.

And the right Voltage half of Japan is 100~110V 50Hz the other half is 220V 60Hz

 

[TheLostSwede]

Well the US is a pretty big country, so its no surprise we went with 60 Hz. iirc, the difference between the 50 & 60 Hz is that 60 is more efficient for longer transmission distances, which is what one would expect in a country such as the US. Surprisingly, Russia uses 50 Hz, but I would imagine they have a much lower population density.

I'm sure Japan has a work-around for it when its necessary, but it would suck if you're one of those people that have to move around a lot due to work. I'm pretty sure you have to convert the input power to DC & then back to AC @ the desired Hz to make the change. That can get expensive.

No conversion needed, everything electrical in Japan is designed for 50 and 60 Hz. The problem is 100 V, as not everything electrical from Japan can handle 115-120 V, as they've designed their products to handle lower Voltages of 90-95 V, since that's a more common issue there.

Then you have places like Brazil, that have 127 and 220 V, but unless you know which is supplied to the area where you might end up frying your electrical item, as they use the same plug for both Voltages...

And the right Voltage half of Japan is 100~110V 50Hz the other half is 220V 60Hz

No? Japan is 95-100 V, there's no 220 V in Japan, unless we're talking for an AC unit or an induction hob.

Electricity sector in Japan - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Athlonite]

No? Japan is 95-100 V, there's no 220 V in Japan, unless we're talking for an AC unit or an induction hob.

I stand corrected obviously what I'd read a few years ago was wrong about the voltages in Japan where what I'd read was 1/2 of japan was 100~127V and the other half were 220V so it now seems that info was bloody wrong and it's only the Hz that differ. Thanks for putting me straight on that

 

[TheLostSwede]

I stand corrected obviously what I'd read a few years ago was wrong about the voltages in Japan where what I'd read was 1/2 of japan was 100~127V and the other half were 220V so it now seems that info was bloody wrong and it's only the Hz that differ. Thanks for putting me straight on that

Looks like someone mixed up Brazil and Japan in that info.

In a way, it's the same when people claim that ANZ and xina has the same type of power plug, which isn't the case. They might share a similar shape socket and plug, but that's it.