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In the kitchen? If the house has an electric stove, then yes there'll
be
240v behind the stove, but nowhere else.

Are you unaware that in kichens now, all outlets are split 220? This is
a
regulation. Try a voltmeter - measure hot to hot.
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No I wasn't aware, but they're not in my house (built in '79) nor are they
in any other house in which I've done electrical work. Changes in
regulation
don't automatically change every house on the continent. If he was buying
a
brand new house perhaps this would be something he could count on, but
certainly not in an older one. I have to wonder though, what would be the
point of splitting the circuit making 240v present between two sections of
an outlet? Sounds dangerous more than anything.

It's not 240 it's split 220. The top and bottom hot lines are on two
separate breakers off two sides of the split 220. It helps to spread the
kitchen load over the two hot lines. In apartment buildings with a 3 phase
supply it's usually 208 between the two hot lines.
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