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Article #1047Re: What is the purpose of the large and small prong on 2-pronged plugs
From: Klaus Ole Kristiansen
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 12:43
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 12:43
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rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) writes: >In article <1e66sbINN953@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes: >|> In article <15NOV199212004732@elroy.uh.edu>, st1r8@elroy.uh.edu (Guillot, Burt J.) writes: >|> >That subject says it all ... >|> >|> But doesn't get automatically included in replies, and would be meaningless to >|> someone whose home hasn't been rewired in the last 15 years or so. >Or to someone who lives in a country where the _only_ current standard >is for 3-pronged plugs... Here we only have 2-pronged plugs, with both prongs the same size. Klaus O K
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!unidui!rrz.uni-koeln.de!Germany.EU.net!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!diku!klaus From: klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science Subject: Re: What is the purpose of the large and small prong on 2-pronged plugs Message-ID: <1992Nov19.124359.2658@odin.diku.dk> Date: 19 Nov 92 12:43:59 GMT References: <15NOV199212004732@elroy.uh.edu> <1e66sbINN953@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Nov16.114210.23774@infodev.cam.ac.uk> Sender: klaus@rimfaxe.diku.dk Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen Lines: 15