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For many years, mainland Western Europe has used a mains electricity supply rated at nominally 220VAC @ 50Hz, while the UK used 240VAC @ 50Hz. Currently, ALL Western European supplies are classified 230VAC and most other countries follow this. However the US and Canada use 120 V @ 60 Hz.

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