No Spam wrote:
"Magician" wrote:

The 110v is very much safer, because it is centre tapped to be
only 55v
potential to ground.

Holly is right, it may be safer but the UK is the only country in
Europe to use 110 volt.

You sure on that? The 110v plugs are a Cenelec standard.

I'm sure that 110V is not widely used in France, not in this area
anyway. No idea about the rest of Europe.

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