On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 09:41:24 +0000
Tim Streater wrote:

In article , harryagain
wrote:

Both voltages are common in the USA.

Yes, my house had both voltages (240 to run the washing machine/dryer)
and a whole variety of different sockets.


We lived in many houses in the US, and 240 volts was only ever provided
for dryers or cookers. We never had any sockets (receptacles in
American) wired for 240v except for those specific devices.

--
Davey.