[BC] Fused plugs - was Hot and grounded chassis

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   I don't know when this change occurred but my mom's house was built in
1954.  It only has 2-slot outlets- but one side (the neutral) IS bigger than
the other- and she has no problem using polarized plugs- as long as they
don't have a grounding prong.  Then she has to use an adapter.

    - Nat

On 8/11/06, Gordon Carter <gcarter at wfmt.com> wrote:
>
> Sure, that's what the CURRENT standard is, but to someone growing up in
> the late '40s and '50s there WAS a difference.  Those plugs and outlets
> were distinctly NOT polarized.  Both blades and holes were equal.  I can
> remember when we first got plugs with the polarized blades (one bigger
> than the other) that they would not fit in the outlets in our house.
>
> It is easy to find fault when you base old practices on current
> standards.  Typically the newer standards are more stringent than the
> old ones, since they have evolved from flaws in the older standards.
>
> Gordon S. Carter, CPBE, CBNT
> Chief Engineer
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>
>
> >But if  you look that the evolution of older, non-polarized home
> wiring,
> >many
> >times you never knew which side was truly neutral and no third-pin
> ground
> >existed -- which gave way to early equipment manufacturers
> double-fusing
> >their line cords.
>
>