In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Don't they have some sort of split, like a centre tapped 110-0-110 volt
system in America now, so higher voltages can be used if required?...

Yes, but it didn't used to be common to have accessible sockets for this,
as you'd need for a kettle. Dunno about now - perhaps the US is heading
towards the 21st century electricity wise...

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