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Re: [PLUG] [OT] Where to get adapters for British outlets?
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:53:37 -0400, William H. Magill wrote:
>Only one Caveat -- make certain that the adapter you get is the
>"modern" type... where the "neutral" slot is larger than the "hot"
>slot
>(U.S. side). Many Adapters have only two "matched" slots on the
>"U.S."
>side, and those won't work with the plugs on most contemporary
>electronics, but are still found on things like clock-radios that are
>more than about 5 years old. (When the US Code requirements changed.)
The name for that is "polarized."
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Jeffrey J. Nonken
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