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Why are most household appliances single voltage? (nord.pub)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de
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[–] 17 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

Are you going to pay for a feature you'll never use?

Engineering for 220v/50hz requires completely different wiring and componentry than for 110v/60hz.

Also, it's not "region locked" - these are truly incompatible electrical systems.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    It does make me wonder tho, because I know universal power supply exists. But the question is how efficient it is and how much would it save cost by having a single type of optimized manufacturing line compared to 2.

    Edit: Hmm, I just realized they could make a variant of the same PCB so I guess the cost saving is moot point

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