On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:56:54 -0500, Chuck Harris
wrote:

The european codes have to be much stiffer than the US, it makes up for
their stupid decision of bringing 240V into every socket in the house.

240V, IMO, is a good thing, needs less copper per watt delivered. That
way, you can have more than 1500W appliances, without a special outlet
installed.