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Saturday, May 26, 2007
power plugs - a question
In American homes do your power plugs have an on/off switch at the wall or can you only turn appliances on/off at the appliance? Someone told me it's the latter which I find hard to believe. In the pic here the red spot on the 2 lower plugs/outlets means the power is on. The two top ones are off. Even if I plugged something in it wouldn't work till I flipped the switch. How does yours work?
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Interesting how things work in other parts of this small planet.
In my home, you just plug in unless you have a plug that resemble these but they are "circuit" breakers. (meaning I'll blow a fuse if I overloaded it) Not really to many of these in my home.
Just a standard plug.
We can only turn appliances on/off at the appliance, unless we turn it off by unplugging it.
Thanks for replying. Methinks I prefer the safety of an off switch at the wall.
Our wiring is standard plug-in. Much of the wiring here at the farm dates back to the original "rural electrification a. . something" in 1940. The electrician was just here to get a couple of things going out in the barnyard. "Romex" lasts very well, he said. Glad to have his check on it.
Apartments are switching over to the "circuit" breaker type that Diane described. It is cool to see how the world is different and the same
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