On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, der Mouse wrote:

> Out of curiosity, is European 220V power a single live line that's 220V
> to an earthed "neutral", or is is just like North America except that
> mains outlets routinely have both live lines instead of one live line
> and one neutral?

220 (nowadays 230) on one live line. The other is neutral.

	Johnny

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