On 4/8/2016 6:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-04-08 2:20 PM, sf wrote:
>
>> Maybe electric cars will be what it takes to upgrade our system from
>> 120v to 240v
>>(snippage)
>
>
> I don't see that happening any time soon because they are too many
> houses wired for 120. I doubt they will go to the effort to convert
> everything wired for all the old lights and appliances. They already
> have a segment that is 240 for things like clothes dryers, stoves and
> water pressure systems.

Exactly right, Dave. When we lived in Thailand we had to use electrical
transformers to "step down" the voltage for things like bedside lamps
brought from the States.

Jill