Sam E wrote:
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:35:53 -0500, mm
wrote:

On 6 Mar 2007 22:53:32 -0800, "Big_Jake"
wrote:

On Mar 6, 7:59 pm, mm wrote:
On 6 Mar 2007 15:53:16 -0800, "Big_Jake"
wrote:

On Mar 6, 5:44 pm, mm wrote:
On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:04:02 -0500, "RBM" rbm2(remove
wrote:
The "plug" isn't a plug, it's a receptacle
How can you tell?
I am assuming this is sarcasm?
JK
No. The OP said she replaced the "plug" and she said the garbage
disposal was "plugged" into the "outlet" and later said both devices
were "plugged" into the "outlet". She seemed to know the difference
between plug and outlet, and she said she replaced the plug.
And the next 10+ posters figured out that she hadn't broken the tab
I hate to nitpick but 6 or 7. Sam E is the possible 7th and I
couldn't tell exactly what he meant.


I am one of those, even though I didn't say so. I just said a "plug"
is a male connector. Considering the tab, I would have expected the OP
to know the 2 outlets would have to be separated, in order to have
them controlled separately.

off between the switched outlet (for the disposal) and the unswitched
outlet (for the dishwasher).
I noticed that they concluded that, but she hasn't been back here to
tell us one way or the other.

Can you give me an instance where
changing the plug would have made the disposal run all the time?
Yes. If she unplugged the disposal to replace its plug, and unplugged
the dishwasher for whatever reason, and then plugged each one into the
other's socket.

I know you know this but for other possible readers: The power meant
for the dishwasher is always on, because the dishwasher has its own
switch. The garbage disposal is the opposite, so its power is
controlled by the wall switch.

Nobody else could, which means we all figured out that the OP meant
that the duplex receptacle got changed.
My views are not driven by the opinions of everyone else. If she
posts back, which she should, we shall see.

JK

An outlet is any point on the wiring were power is drawn from the
circuit to energize a load.

A receptacle is a particular form of outlet. A lighting fixture
attached directly to a box makes that box a lighting outlet.
--
Tom Horne

"This alternating current stuff is just a fad. It is much too dangerous
for general use." Thomas Alva Edison