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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by tialaramex on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @12:07PM (#37309975)
Yeah, both bathrooms in my (UK) home have such sockets, I don't actually use them, the electric toothbrush gets charged by this desk instead, but they exist.

Regulations change over time, this home's bathrooms are all interior, with fans to evacuate moisture, and the toilets accordingly have internal overflow†, both these features were not legal when my parents home was built.

† Historically for a residential toilet in the UK if the water rises above the intended maximum level in the tank, it just runs into a pipe to the outside of the building, in principle you can now see what's wrong and it's not dangerous... but, if you don't fix it promptly this results in a stain on the building exterior, as well as potentially wider water damage, plus it can freeze in mid-winter which isn't good. But wait, a toilet has a very obvious place to dump unwanted water, it's connected to the sewer and if that is broken you've got much more serious problems. So a modern toilet tank just re-uses the flush mechanism to dump excess water the same place as everything else. This elegant solution, already needed in some commercial applications, was I believe made legal in newer residential building regulations maybe in the 1980s.

Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by allendoerfer on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @12:24PM (#37310229)
Thank you, now I have even more highly specific but useless information about British homes. It will sit next to my knowledge about why you guys (used to) have two faucets.
Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by Symbiote on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @04:25PM (#37313468)
They still mostly choose to have two taps in the bathroom.

Part of the reason I emigrated.