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    What Duncan is saying is that the actual output at 110V will be 106 amps, while there is some discrepancy in the digital display reading (a little higher). 120V, which is the true target voltage from the power companies in the US, may possibly yield a little more output, but in China they are tested at 110V from what I understand. Here I have up to 125 V.

    Here's a good summary I found online that states it simply.
    North American Voltage Ranges

    In the US and Canada, 220 volts, 230 volts, and 240 volts are used interchangeably to describe one voltage range that is used to power larger appliances. Similarly, 110 volts, 115 volts, and 120 volts all refer to the one voltage range that is available through the common electrical outlet. The sources of these seemingly different numbers are as follows:

    1. The 220 volt and 110 volt designations are older and familiar terminology, but are no longer used in either product design or by electric utilities in the US and Canada.
    2. The 230 volt and 115 volt terminology comes from equipment design standards. Equipment is commonly designed to operate at 230 or 115 volts plus or minus 10%.
    3. Electric utilities typically deliver electricity, under standard conditions, at 240 volts and 120 volts plus or minus 5% at the transformer.

    When one takes into account that equipment is designed to accept voltage variations of 10% at a minimum and that the electric utility regularly delivers electricity within 5% of their standard, there is a good match between the voltage the electric utility delivers and the voltage equipment was designed to use.
    Last edited by performance; 06-12-2012 at 09:34 PM.

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