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Tall slot on 3 prong adapter something I just noticed todayT
On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:17:21 -0500, dpb wrote:
On 4/27/2020 7:57 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:48:28 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 12:04 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: ... He's using an ancient adapter for non-grounded circuits. Many of them predate the wide neutral blade. The proper solution is to not use those adapters. Yeah, just cut off the ground prong instead... Or just replacethe outlet - replace with a GFCI if there is no ground available and document it as required by code whooosh... Sounds like a plumber commenting on electric work. Clare is right. 406.4(D)(2)(b) A non€“grounding-type receptacle(s) shall be permitted to be replaced with a ground-fault circuit interrupter-type of receptacle(s). These receptacles or their cover plates shall be marked €śNo Equipment Ground.€ť An equipment grounding conductor shall not be connected from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter-type receptacle to any outlet supplied from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter receptacle. |
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In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:15:16 -0400, Clare Snyder
wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:39:07 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/28/2020 3:14 PM, wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:17:21 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 7:57 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:48:28 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 12:04 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: ... He's using an ancient adapter for non-grounded circuits. Many of them predate the wide neutral blade. The proper solution is to not use those adapters. Yeah, just cut off the ground prong instead... Or just replacethe outlet - replace with a GFCI if there is no ground available and document it as required by code whooosh... Sounds like a plumber commenting on electric work. Clare is right. 406.4(D)(2)(b) A non–grounding-type receptacle(s) shall be permitted to be replaced with a ground-fault circuit interrupter-type of receptacle(s). These receptacles or their cover plates shall be marked “No Equipment Ground.” An equipment grounding conductor shall not be connected from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter-type receptacle to any outlet supplied from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter receptacle. double-whoosh... Don't get a snide remark, do you... maybe stoopid - but I don't get the "whoosh". Doesn't look like Fretwell does either - anyone else??? Since you ask: FTR, "whoosh" means "the previous remark went over your head", and made a whoosh sound as it went quickly over your head. I guess it's usually used when the previous remark was satire or sarcasm that was taken seriously. |
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:57:44 -0400, micky
wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:15:16 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:39:07 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/28/2020 3:14 PM, wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:17:21 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 7:57 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:48:28 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 12:04 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: ... He's using an ancient adapter for non-grounded circuits. Many of them predate the wide neutral blade. The proper solution is to not use those adapters. Yeah, just cut off the ground prong instead... Or just replacethe outlet - replace with a GFCI if there is no ground available and document it as required by code whooosh... Sounds like a plumber commenting on electric work. Clare is right. 406.4(D)(2)(b) A non–grounding-type receptacle(s) shall be permitted to be replaced with a ground-fault circuit interrupter-type of receptacle(s). These receptacles or their cover plates shall be marked “No Equipment Ground.” An equipment grounding conductor shall not be connected from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter-type receptacle to any outlet supplied from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter receptacle. double-whoosh... Don't get a snide remark, do you... maybe stoopid - but I don't get the "whoosh". Doesn't look like Fretwell does either - anyone else??? Since you ask: FTR, "whoosh" means "the previous remark went over your head", and made a whoosh sound as it went quickly over your head. I guess it's usually used when the previous remark was satire or sarcasm that was taken seriously. So we all must be pretty dumb. What went over our heads?? Must have been a post from someone in my looney bin that I didn't see?? |
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:57:44 -0400, micky
wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:15:16 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:39:07 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/28/2020 3:14 PM, wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:17:21 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 7:57 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:48:28 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 12:04 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: ... He's using an ancient adapter for non-grounded circuits. Many of them predate the wide neutral blade. The proper solution is to not use those adapters. Yeah, just cut off the ground prong instead... Or just replacethe outlet - replace with a GFCI if there is no ground available and document it as required by code whooosh... Sounds like a plumber commenting on electric work. Clare is right. 406.4(D)(2)(b) A non€“grounding-type receptacle(s) shall be permitted to be replaced with a ground-fault circuit interrupter-type of receptacle(s). These receptacles or their cover plates shall be marked €śNo Equipment Ground.€ť An equipment grounding conductor shall not be connected from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter-type receptacle to any outlet supplied from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter receptacle. double-whoosh... Don't get a snide remark, do you... maybe stoopid - but I don't get the "whoosh". Doesn't look like Fretwell does either - anyone else??? Since you ask: FTR, "whoosh" means "the previous remark went over your head", and made a whoosh sound as it went quickly over your head. I guess it's usually used when the previous remark was satire or sarcasm that was taken seriously. Maybe we don't think telling people in a home repair group to cut off the ground pin is funny. It will be far more dangerous than this virus is for most people. |
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 13:04:33 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:57:44 -0400, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:15:16 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:39:07 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/28/2020 3:14 PM, wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:17:21 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 7:57 PM, Clare Snyder wrote: On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:48:28 -0500, dpb wrote: On 4/27/2020 12:04 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote: ... He's using an ancient adapter for non-grounded circuits. Many of them predate the wide neutral blade. The proper solution is to not use those adapters. Yeah, just cut off the ground prong instead... Or just replacethe outlet - replace with a GFCI if there is no ground available and document it as required by code whooosh... Sounds like a plumber commenting on electric work. Clare is right. 406.4(D)(2)(b) A non–grounding-type receptacle(s) shall be permitted to be replaced with a ground-fault circuit interrupter-type of receptacle(s). These receptacles or their cover plates shall be marked “No Equipment Ground.” An equipment grounding conductor shall not be connected from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter-type receptacle to any outlet supplied from the ground-fault circuit-interrupter receptacle. double-whoosh... Don't get a snide remark, do you... maybe stoopid - but I don't get the "whoosh". Doesn't look like Fretwell does either - anyone else??? Since you ask: FTR, "whoosh" means "the previous remark went over your head", and made a whoosh sound as it went quickly over your head. I guess it's usually used when the previous remark was satire or sarcasm that was taken seriously. Maybe we don't think telling people in a home repair group to cut off the ground pin is funny. It will be far more dangerous than this virus is for most people. I thought the "whoosh"was in response to my suggestion to use a GFCI outlet ungrounded. That's the way the thread was structured. |
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