On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, David Lee wrote:

A bit more Googling suggests that the recommendation of split-wired duplex
kitchen outlets may be Canadian rather than USA

Don't believe so, no.

(I'm in Canada)


I must say that when I was in the US I was rather alarmed at the way
that a "high speed" kettle plug seemed to get hotter than the kettle
itself and the kettle still took ages to boil! In the UK, with our 240V
supply, we can get 3kW kettles that really are fast and their cords and
plugs stay perfectly cool.

One of the disadvantages of 120v mains...