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		zokier on July 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Three Prongs? (1996) P=I²R, so decreasing voltage and increasing current means increasing resistive losses (in cabling etc) quadratically.

bluGill on July 8, 2019 [–]

That is insignificant as the cables are over sized and codes account for this to ensure they are.

That isn't to say you are wrong, just that it doesn't matter.

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