A little bit more about International Plugs and Power.
USA, Canada and Japan use 110 Volts AC power.
NZ, Australia, the UK and South Africa all use 230 Volts AC power.
Both Australia and NZ use the same power and plugs, however the UK and South Africa use different plugs.
SA and the UK also have different plugs from each other.
Why do different countries use different plugs and have different electrical voltages?
Because everybody wants to do their own thing!!!
It would be so much easier if everybody was to do the same thing. But NO!! Everybody wants to be different.
Such is life.
The USA was the first country to supply electricity on a large scale to the public. Called the national grid.
It was discovered later that 230 Volts AC power ran more efficiently than 110 Volts. Therefore smaller cables and electrical switchgear could be used making installation costs cheaper. One for NZ!
Most metals are good conductors of electric current. Copper is a better conductor than steel and gold is a better, yet more expensive, conductor than copper.
For this reason gold is used in microchips.
Putting it simply, the faster electric current will flow through a chip the faster it will work.
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