On 8/5/19 8:08 AM, Bill Gill wrote:

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You're saying the case is wired to the neutral?Â* That seems very
dangerous
because with a two prong plug if you plug it in backwards, now the
case is hot without any fault in the toaster.

You'll have to work at plugging a 2 prong plug in backward.
The prongs are 2 different widths, so the plug will only
go in one way.

Bill

I've used a bolt cutter to edit a few plugs (not a good idea to do this
with a toaster), just with a few things that have polarized plugs for no
good reason.

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