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Article #1022Re: What is the purpose of the large and small prong on 2-pronged plugs
From: Russ Kepler
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:30
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:30
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In article <BxvKLE.1Fo@javelin.sim.es.com> rspeirs@javelin.sim.es.com (Ron Speirs) writes: >In article <1e8g31INNgmo@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes: >>The question was "why are the two prongs not the same size." My response >>answered that question. If you want to figure out which is which, find a >>properly installed polarized socket and check to see which side is neutral. > >The convention in the USA is that the narrow prong is "hot" and the wide >prong is "common". If you look at a wall socket, you will also see that >the screw to attach the "hot" wire is brass- or brass-colored, and the >screw to attach the "common" wire is silver-colored. Ahh, but the *real* question is why the prongs have holes in the tips... -- Russ Kepler, posting from home bbxrbk!russ@bbx.basis.com Will hack unix for food
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!fmsrl7!lynx!unmvax!bbx!bbxrbk!russ From: russ@bbxrbk (Russ Kepler) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science Subject: Re: What is the purpose of the large and small prong on 2-pronged plugs Message-ID: <1992Nov18.033022.4518@bbxrbk> Date: 18 Nov 92 03:30:22 GMT References: <dlphknob.721926598@cs1.bradley.edu> <1e8g31INNgmo@gap.caltech.edu> <BxvKLE.1Fo@javelin.sim.es.com> Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 16