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wrote:
Is it possible to obtain one of these now? I don't see them in the
stores. Actually there is nothing wrong with the one that I have, it's
just that I'd like to add one or two receptacles to mine, but I was
just wondering why I don't see them in the stores now.

You probably don't see them for sale anymore because when you use them
you get in effect an "old fashioned" two blade socket without a ground
pin hole. The potential liability for a manufacturer probably
discourages them from making the limited number which could be sold
these days.

Also things have changed a lot since the days when electricity was used
in homes almost solely to provide lighting, and homes were built with
few if any wall recepticals, hence the usefullness of those adaptors.

I think I've got a couple in my "hell box" but haven't had any
application for them in years.

Follow the other guy's warnings, if the fixture is not protected by a
GFI device, you'd be well advised to make it so.

Happy Holidays,

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

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