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What should a typical house voltage read/be?

My house voltage reads 123volts from a voltage meter(Fluke 87 True RMS Multimeter). I have my equipt.(Yamaha DSP-A1GL & Technics DVD-a10 Player) running through a Monster Cable HTS-3500 power center. The analog meter reads in at 123 volts as well. Is this normal? I thought a typical house voltage was 110v.
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sean
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My house also runs at 123 volts pretty steadily. Believe me, this is a good thing in most cases. Sean
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sean
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Wow Glen, that's pretty high. If a manufacturer was "pinching pennies" and building components "on the edge", that might be enough "over voltage" to pop some caps, etc... Even if you were to have a noticeable voltage drop, you might be better off than some of these folks in OLD houses running at maximum efficiency... Sean
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