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Posted by David Nebenzahl on September 20, 2006, 5:59 pm
z spake thus:
> David Nebenzahl wrote:
>
>>Eric in North TX spake thus:
>>
>>>Probably a manufacturing error, but if the receptacle has only 2 wires,
>>>there is little point to attaching it to the screw anyhow.
>>
>>True that; if you look at 2-wire connections to outlets, the metal frame
>>of the outlet isn't connected to *anything*. The only reason to use that
>>screw would be if you wanted to attach the adapter to the outlet. It
>>serves no electrical or safety function.
>
> I was anal enough to check way back when when two prongers were going
> out and three prongers were coming in and these adapters were all the
> rage, and the ones I checked did have the center screw electrically
> connected to the mounting and thence to ground. Maybe varies from brand
> to brand.
Yeah, I guess I've gotten used to working on really old houses (turn of
the century), where you never see that. Grounding? What's that?
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