On 7/31/2019 11:49 AM, trader_4 wrote:
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I was thinking about this again and I wonder why the manufacturers don't
just tell you that if you have a two prong receptacle, another acceptable
option is to install a GFCI receptacle? That would be a lot easier
than running a new circuit with ground.

Their lawyers haven't the background to know they exist yet seems plausible?

BTW, I did check -- that new(ish) GE washer _does_ have a green screw on
the back of the case as I was thinking I recalled--I remember there
being a ground wire supplied, though.

I also looked on the new ones sitting on the floor at Menards when was
there the other day -- none of those did have the provision so seems to
have now gone away indeed.

I don't recall just when we did buy this one -- within 10 years though
I'm certain altho the local Sears catalog store from whence it came has
been gone about 3-4 by now. Can't keep track of time any more--things
go by way too quickly it seems--now what the folks meant when we were
kids and couldn't understand the concept. That's a universal
experience/truth too, it seems.

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