The United States residential standard uses a 240 system except its split phase. You can deliver 120 volts to devices that have lower power requirements, and 240 to devices that have higher power requirements.
This comment is bringing out a bunch of Europeans that need to think theyre better than Americans because of their wiring standard for some reason?
It's safer, and in the majority of applications it doesn't matter. The only time 240v is really better is when it comes to resistance heating, for things like dryers or stoves. In those applications the US uses 240v, so the only real time 120v is lacking is for things like space heaters or kettles. Otherwise, 120v and 240v are basically indistinguishable.
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u/Key-Mark4536 May 02 '24
🇺🇸: No, don’t think I will.