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WHY DO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS?

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Marissa Christian

It’s mostly to do with when they were built. The main difference is voltage, which measures how hard electricit­y pushes through wires. Higher voltage networks should be cheaper, as the wires needed can be thinner. For example, the older US network has a lower voltage than more recent European ones.

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