On 29 Jun, 23:28, Gary Tait wrote:
wrote in news:1183141239.957620.211930
@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
On 29 Jun, 00:14, "Tam/WB2TT" wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

Its a known deal that 240v is safer than 120 for 2 main reasons.
1. The main killer is not electrocution, it is fire.

That is a sociologic/economic. not technical issue.

I dont see how. Cooking fire risks certainly differ by socio-economic
group, but I dont think electrical fire risks vary much. Things are
perhaps different in the US.

The way I see it:

The lower classes see thmselves more as DIYers, even if they are bad at
it.
The lower classes generally cannot afford to have out of date electrical
upgraded to modern standards, so try to bodge what they have to
something they feel is useable, sometimes with disasterous results.

Right, things are different here then (UK). Its mostly the upper class
with grand buildings that keep running historic installations. The
less wealthy usually rent rather than own, and laws are much more
stringent than those applying to privately owned dwellings. Capitalism
backwards.


NT