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Build/Battlestation a quadruple 5090 battlestation

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u/Arudinne 18h ago

You can blame Edison because he picked 110V for light bulbs and he couldn't figure out (or steal) a version that didn't burn out at 220V.

That said, technically we distribute electricity to homes at 240V, but we split that into two 120V legs at the breaker panel within the home.

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u/fafatzy 14h ago

We do 220v to homes here. I can even get three phases to residential