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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by kelnos on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @03:41PM (#37312849)
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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by bombcar on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @09:13PM (#37316409)
The transformer likely served the houses further down the block - yours was served by one upstream.

It isn’t terribly hard to track it back if the wires are above ground.

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