Why does 1/3 of the world use 110 volts and the other 2/3rds use 220?

In this episode of Kathy Loves Physics & History she answers the question “Why do 1/3 of the countries in the world use around 110 volts and the other 2/3rds use around 220 volts? She goes through the history and the physics to explain.

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