[xenadu02]

> What we could start doing is embrace our existing dual-voltage home wiring methods, and putting 240v sockets in some places where it's actually beneficial. Places like kitchens (for heating water and food), say. But broadly speaking: Nobody does this because nobody sells safety-approved residential appliances for the US domestic market, so it's a lot of money to spend to get it done for no benefit. It's a catch-22.

Yes, this is the problem I've been complaining about.

If code required at least two NEMA 6-15 outlets in kitchens and garages builders and remodelers would install them.

Once they started rolling out there are a number of existing appliance makers who sell 240v appliances in the rest of the world who could begin offering that variant for sale.

It would be a good way to kick-start the market without any major changes! It is literally just running one extra romex and installing one double-pole breaker yet it makes double the power available. The builder that remodeled my house ran multi-branch style (3-conductor + ground) to save on copper so if I can find a junction box where that wire splits off I can install one right there without even running a new wire as the breaker is already a double-pole breaker.