On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:27:15 -0500, JJ wrote:

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 12:38:52 -0800, "Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliott"
j.michael.elliottAT@REMOVETHEOBVIOUSadelphiaDOT. net wrote:

Can't get the Leviton site to work for me.

I've just installed their 5225-WSP Combination Switch and Receptacle.
This is the older, non-Decora, style which fits a normal duplex outlet
wall plate. This item is a Grounding type, with the third hole in the
front. The house does not have grounding wires. In California, it is not
required to upgrade, but you can't use three-hole outlets unless
grounding is provided. Does anyone know the Leviton product line well
enough to know if they make a non-grounding version of this
switch/receptacle? Or, alternately, whether it is acceptable to plug the
third hole with . . . oh, I don't know . . . chewing gum or JB Weld or
suchlike?

Just do it the old fashioned way. Get a grounding adapter.

http://www.cooperwiringdevices.com/c...ategory_id=525

The Eagle combination switch is much better than the Leviton one.


If you are intentially going to defeat the purpose of the grounding
prong of a 3-prong plug, might as well save the money and go all the
way. Cut off the ground. These adapters are ment for outlets that
have a means of ground via the screw.

Because of people 'bypassing' the step you ensure you have a ground
via the screw, these devices were made illegal in some countries.



later,

tom @ www.URLBee.com