Paul said...
Quote
If the person buying is happy to accept the place without a stove, why should it be anybody else's business? That's a good example of yet another petty, freedom-reducing law, in my opinion.
At the risk of going off topic Paul, that law was probably the least "freedom-reducing" one on the statutes of that country at the time! [Linked Image]

I have no idea of its origin but the Transvaal and Free State carried over much from the Dutch way of things and Natal from the British.

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but it may be of interest that RSA stoves were capable of being wired up to 3 phase wye though I never saw one thus wired. They came supplied with a busbar connecting the three loads - usually two hotplates each on two phases and the oven, grill and ancillaries on the third.


[This message has been edited by Hutch (edited 07-30-2005).]