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Re:ICAO issued new power bank restriction on flight by troad on Sunday March 29, 2026 @03:17AM (#47561040)
Central/South America has a lot of 100-130 V too, I believe, but I don't have direct personal experience.

I find the standard voltages pretty interesting. The 230 V standard, for example, is mostly a lie. In reality, Britain and former British colonies tend to run on 240 V, and continental Europe/Asia/Africa tends to run on 220 V. The 230 V standard includes wide enough tolerances so that no one needed to actually change anything. I've never actually seen 230 V, the supposed standard, in real life.

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Re:ICAO issued new power bank restriction on flight by Scoundreller on Sunday March 29, 2026 @03:25AM (#47561072)
Be careful in Montserrat: US plugs but UK voltage (!)
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Re:ICAO issued new power bank restriction on flight by troad on Sunday March 29, 2026 @03:44AM (#47561157)
With tidbits like that, you're my kind of person
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Re:ICAO issued new power bank restriction on flight by iggldiggl on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @05:56PM (#47681845)
> I've never actually seen 230 V, the supposed standard, in real life.

I've just measured the voltage in a socket my home (Germany) and the multimeter says 231 V. (And it's nighttime, so no solar generation from houses in the neighbourhood potentially distorting the local grid.)

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