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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by jqpabc123 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @01:05PM (#37310808)
According to the European Fire Safety Alliance:

    The total number of fires of electrical origin in the EU is estimated to be 273,000 per year.
According to the US National Fire Protection Assocation:

    Fire departments responded to an estimated average of 46,700 home fires involving electrical failure or malfunction each year in 2015–2019.
Stats aside, which do you think will cause a bigger spark, 110 or 220?

https://www.europeanfiresafetyalliance.org/publications/whit...

https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-too...

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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by bluGill on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @04:05PM (#37313173)
Those numbers are not the same. EU is covering everything, while US only home fires. And there is a significant population difference in play as well.
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