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dpb[_3_]

On 8/4/2019 7:55 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:25:18 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

You've never seen a toaster with a two prong cord? That's all they come with. Toasters don't require, or come with, a three prong plug because they're double insulated. Oh and it's impossible to get electrocuted by putting a mental object in the toaster( ie: metal fork). A little education goes a long way in today's world.

Toasters are expected to be plugged into a GFCI "small appliance
circuit". There is a great amount of safety because of that.

Mayhaps now, but certainly not for most of the time the electric toaster
has been in existence...that's a quite recent phenomenon. There's not a
GFCI anywhere in sight in this '80s remodeled 100+ yr old farmhouse with
a mid-70s era toaster.

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