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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by youngtaff on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @03:27PM (#37312658)
Tends we live in a row of cottages and the phase is split between us so every third house is on the same phase

Pretty sure that’s standard for the UK

Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by Wildgoose on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:13AM (#37319720)
It is. I remember when we had a power cut and when I went outside I could see that only a single phase had been lost - every third house had gone dark, the rest remaining lit.

I reported it and it was sorted pretty quickly.