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- New Jersey
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- Electrical Contractor
In my many years of traveling I've never been to countries where the primary household voltage was 240V. I recently made a trip to Australia and I thought I'd share some photos of electrical receptacles and switches that are in use "Down Under". Bear in mind, I stayed only at hotels while I was there and had little or no exposure to any residential areas. BTW, anyone planning to take this trip I must admit it was one of the best experiences I've ever had. Bring money !!!
This first photo is of a duplex 240V receptacle. All the receptacles, whether inside the hotel rooms or in the hallways have individual switches to turn the respective outlet on. Notice the position of the switch. On is down. Kind of makes sense in a weird kind of way. We're above the Equator so up is on. They're below the Equator so down is on.:slaphead:
The only 120V receptacle available is in the bathroom and is marked for an electric shaver only. My guess is that they have a small xfmr built into outlet assembly inside the JB. I was able to use this for that purpose and also to charge the battery for my camera.
The next 3 photos are of a switch bank next to the bed. There are (3) s/p switches (one with a pilot light) and (1) 3-way or 4-way switch for the room light. I wasn't able to determine if this was low voltage wiring to a control cabinet or actually line voltage. I did not take anything apart to examine it. I'm not the luckiest guy in the world and I'm sure I would have blown something up. All the cover plates were "clip-on" and held in place by the small dimples in the cover.
And yes, I did get to hug a koala bear :happyyes:
This first photo is of a duplex 240V receptacle. All the receptacles, whether inside the hotel rooms or in the hallways have individual switches to turn the respective outlet on. Notice the position of the switch. On is down. Kind of makes sense in a weird kind of way. We're above the Equator so up is on. They're below the Equator so down is on.:slaphead:
The only 120V receptacle available is in the bathroom and is marked for an electric shaver only. My guess is that they have a small xfmr built into outlet assembly inside the JB. I was able to use this for that purpose and also to charge the battery for my camera.
The next 3 photos are of a switch bank next to the bed. There are (3) s/p switches (one with a pilot light) and (1) 3-way or 4-way switch for the room light. I wasn't able to determine if this was low voltage wiring to a control cabinet or actually line voltage. I did not take anything apart to examine it. I'm not the luckiest guy in the world and I'm sure I would have blown something up. All the cover plates were "clip-on" and held in place by the small dimples in the cover.
And yes, I did get to hug a koala bear :happyyes:
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