Intellec power cord

David V. Corbin dvcorbin at optonline.net
Thu Sep 16 06:52:54 CDT 2004


 
>>> > When you check this, also check to see that ur wall 
>>> > socket is wired correctly. You'd be surprised how many 
>>> > are not right.
>>> > Dwight
>>> 
>>> On an ungrounded (2 wire) outlet: 1/2
>>> On a grounded (3 wire) outlet, there are SIX possible wirings.
>>> Grumpy Ol' Fred

While the above numbers are correct, 3 wire outlets that actually have the
hot lead connected to the ground pin are fairly rare <grin> reducing the the
number of likely wiring combiniations to 4.

Result (incorrectly assuming even distribution)

2-prong outlet:  50% chance of being wired correctly
3-prong outlet:  25% chance of being wired correctly




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