Here's my latest idea: Use two wire 460V to the house. If the consumer only needs lighting, two 230V bulbs in series could be used.
If regular 230V light fittings are used, would it be such a good idea to do this, bearing in mind that when a bulb is removed the holder will have 460V between its terminals?
In fact, would it be a good idea to introduce such high voltages at all in homes in a developing country, even if it is still
only 230V to ground?
paul:
2 wire clearish yellow twisted pair was quite common on old lights etc here in Ireland.
What was that?
Sort of like a translucent browny-yellow insulation, through which you could see the conductors?
Twisted pair of that type was fairly common on table lamps and such like here in the 1940s/early 1950s.
