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Mike Fleming wrote:
In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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220v sounds very like a US etc standard.

Doesn't sound much like a US standard as their mains voltage is around
half that.

They tend to have a higher voltage for things like electric cookers and
heating, etc.

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