Canadian electrical regulations are different than the USA. It was
done to conform to Canadian regulations. As to the reasoning behind
the regulations, you'd have to inquire with the Canada Electrical
Board, or whatever it is called, that creates the standards for Canada.

You should note, or realize that the plug that has been relocated
 >IS< for the shore power connector.

On Nov 20, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Okay, that's how they configured the outlets for the Canadian
> market, but
> the question remains - why?
>
> On 11/20/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Canadian Model. That's the way they did it for the Canadian market.
>>
>>
>> On Nov 20, 2006, at 12:35 PM, joe trussell wrote:
>>
>> > Just curious, does anybody know why one of these outlets is much
>> > lower than
>> > the other two on this Syncro Westy?
>> >
>> > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=387692