Pioneering Charlotte civil rights attorney Julius Chambers dies. Pioneering civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers â a crusader for equality whose landmark cases led to integrating Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools â died late Friday after months of declining health.
As it gets closer to your house it goes to a sub station where the voltage is lowered and then sent on its way. It finally arrives in your neighborhood and is sent to a transformer where the voltage is lowered to 220 volts. This is what comes into your house and goes to the circuit breaker box. The next section describes a bit of technical mumbo jumbo about sine waves and phase relationships.
1 The power delivered to your home is 120 or 240 volts. 2  This is called nominal voltage.. 3  That means it's the standard voltage as measured at the transformer outside your home. 4  Nominal voltage can vary up to plus or minus 5 percent from its stated definition. The power delivered to your home is 120 or 240 volts. 2  This is called nominal voltage.. 3  That means it's the standard voltage as measured at the transformer outside your home. 4  Nominal voltage can vary up to plus or minus 5 percent from its stated definition.