Edwin Pawlowski > wrote:

> "Victor Sack" > wrote in message
> >
> > It is not about the power at all. There is nothing wrong with 110V for
> > home use. It is about where and by whom 110V-grinders are produced.
>
> No, it is about the practicality and sensibility of using 220V in a typical
> USA home kitchen. It is just not needed and is very rare to find a 220V
> circuit in a home kitchen..

You didn't get it. Pity, in more sense than one.

Personally, I would never even consider buying anything that was
possibly manufactured in China/Laogai. If faced with no choice, I would
rather buy that reverseless Panasonic, or else a German-, Czech-, or
Polish-made manual grinder. Or do without.

As to 220/240V circuits in US homes, they are actually there quasi by
default - 220/240 volts is the basic service into most US houses, except
older ones. There are three wires coming into the house: two 110/120V
ones and the middle "common" which is attached to the cold water pipe
(but there is also a fourth, "ground" wire). The two 110/120V wires put
together can always be used to run 220/240V appliances - that is how you
can run electric dryers, ranges, or central air-conditioning. It is the
actual outlets/breakers combining those two 110/240V wires that may be
lacking. However, the outlets *are* available in many houses and I have
seen them myself. The question here is solely whether they are already
availalble or can be easily installed in a particular house where a meat
grinder or another 220/240V appliance is desired.

Victor