Re: Polarized Plugs for 120 VAC

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From: Howard F. Steel
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1988 17:44

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In article <197@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) writes:

>It just dawned on me that those little two prong to three prong electrical
>converters might be a potential hazard.

>Take the same converter, turn it upside down (now you have the grounding
>tab on top) and plug it into the bottom half, now you have a reverse plug.
>Is this true? 


YES!
-- 
Howard.Steel@Waterloo.NCR.COM  :-(  	I Think, Therefore I AM,
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From: howard@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Howard F. Steel)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Polarized Plugs for 120 VAC
Message-ID: <294@tp2.Waterloo.NCR.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 88 17:44:51 GMT
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