Thread: 3 prong plug, can I use in 2 outlet?
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Default 3 prong plug, can I use in 2 outlet?
On 12/2/2020 5:20 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 14:04:59 -0800 (PST), Thomas
wrote:

Bought a sous vide 800 watt cooker. Can I safely use in a 2 slot outlet?
15 amp service, older house, maybe from 1965 or so.


No .
.. a 3-prong plug will not insert into a 2-prong receptacle.
... always glad to help.

ps: if your 1965 house has 2-prong receptacles
and a 15 amp service - it's not a house.
John T.


Built in 65, it should have 3 prong receptacles since code required them
in new homes starting in 62.
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