AVR-Chat

On 15 Sep 2005, Arif Deshmukh wrote:

>   
> 
> Hi,
>    I also have thoughts why equipments are desinged to work in some certain voltages. Like.....
> 
> 1. Most of electronic items uses 12V.
> 2. Radio transceiver HF/VHF/UHF work on 13.8V. (Why 13.8 such a odd figure)
> 
> Bye
> Arif
> 

13.8 volts is supposed to be the voltage of a standard "12 volt" battery 
when fully charged.

Zack