Originally Posted By: redman6
what I was getting at is 90% of the electronics gear within the US runs on a 120v system..

No doubt. We are all clear on that. But what you were typing (and what we were all reading) was that it was somehow stupid for the US and Canada to have a 60Hz system, without trying to understand (1) how the electrical distribution systems evolved the way they did in different parts of the world or (2) why the US - the market where Outlaw has their business presence - uses a 60Hz system.

Originally Posted By: redman6
personally where I live it's 240v mains..

Which is why Outlaw has produced a small run of units with a power supply that supports either 120V/60Hz or 230V/50Hz. As Scott's post above indicated, they do have a stock of those. They don't list them on the site because demand is so small. If you want one, call or email them.

Originally Posted By: redman6
anything above this would be considered 3-phase wiring in relation to power demand, now in the case of the US this may sway a different way, as each country is different in regards to power generation and power supply..

In the US, we see equipment at 208V and 277V that is single phase. We also see some 208V that is 3-phase, and most 480V equipment is 3-phase (although there is some 480V/1ph stuff out there - mostly equipment like small fan motors on condensing units that have 480V/3ph compressors). Large-scale power distribution is always 3-phase and typically at medium-voltage or high-voltage (well above 480V). All of that is secondary to what Outlaw builds, though, and we've gone over it before in this thread. US homes (at least the ones I can afford or am likely to be invited to visit) aren't served with 3-phase electrical service. Anything Outlaw builds will be 120V/1ph/60Hz because it is intended for home use in North America. The only product that might benefit from 208V/1ph would be the 7900 - it could probably support all seven 300W channels from a single 208V/20A or 208V/30A circuit - but it's much easier to go with a pair of 120V/15A circuits because that's how houses are normally wired. And even then, we're dealing with US power - 60Hz, not 50Hz. Voltage change is relatively straightforward - get a transformer with the right windings and go to town. You end up with some extra heat in the space and have to buy a box full of copper wire, but that's about it. The bigger problem is the frequency. It takes a little more care to address the difference between 60Hz and 50Hz. Since Outlaw is a US-based company with no sales network outside the US, it's hard to justify building power supplies that support both 120V/60Hz and 230V/50Hz. Why add cost to every unit built if only 1% or 2% of those units (or possibly even 0%) will ever be connected to anything but 120V/60Hz? That's why the standard RR2150 doesn't offer this feature.
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