On Sun, 7 Jul 2013 06:03:20 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Oh, and before some helpful soul offers up a practical solution, such as "get yerself a phase converter, mate, it's a lot cheaper" I should just point out that I'm NOT looking for solutions, here, I'm simply enquiring as to whether my understanding of the basic situation is correct or not. Thanks!

From a legal, technical or practical angle?

AB