Re: Strange Electrical outlet
- From: mm <NOPSAMmm2005@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:29:21 -0500
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 07:11:15 -0800, "Al Schmidt"
<alschmidt1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I have just purchased a house and will do some remodeling. The house was
>built in 1958 and has two prong electrical outlets through out. ( the
>kitchen was remodeled and has new three prong outlets) My question is about
>some strange outlets. they are the same size as normal duples outlets, two
>prong, but have four slots. below is the best representation I could do with
>out attaching a digital photo. Any thoughts as to the use of these?
Yeah, if you are using a clock that uses almost no current, and a
transistor radio that uses only a tiny bit more, and a lamp that uses
less than an amp, and even a vcr or tivo that doesn't use much and
they all have rectangular plugs, not the round plugs, it would be nice
to not have to add extra doo-dads to plug them all in.
I guess the sum of al this, used at the same time, has to be under 15
amps, That's the usual maximum for receptacles.
My friend just bought a house built in 1917, and the fridge and
something else were plugged into 3 prong adaptors, with its pigtail
dutifully attached to a screw in the receptacle box. From the other
work the previous owner did, I can tell he knew what he was doing.
(But my friend will still make sure the box is grounded.)
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