junkhound
Senior Member
- Location
- Renton, WA
- Occupation
- EE, power electronics specialty
How is it wired?No, they're real, and popular with indoor grow operations and theaters.
In theaters, I've seen 120 volts connected to the bottom half and the dimmer board connected to the top half.
Grow operations, I've only heard stories but I've heard that just about anything goes -- 120, (L-N forwards or back) 208, 240, sometimes grounded, sometimes not. About what you'd expect for an unlisted, unapproved device installed by people evading official scrutiny.
Similar but none of those photo's show the exact same configuration as the OP. I've removed some of those types in real old houses.Nothing new; in fact, old:
True, but wouldn’t polarity be correct if it’s a 5-15 or 6-15?No polarity on it either
You're right. I can't find a pic with grounding, but I did find a modern one, which you can tell by the vertical offset:Similar but none of those photo's show the exact same configuration as the OP.
Looks like you could use that in the UK.It's not as likely to cause problems as the OP's receptacle, but I don't see much of a market demand for this one:
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Looks like you could use that in the UK.
I am positive that the pic in the OP is a fake, because the T slots are identical and not polarized like this pic.
I'm saying the image looks fake, not that they don't exist. The solid black Ts don't look like actual slots.Not fake, I bought one:
I'm saying the image looks fake, not that they don't exist. The solid black Ts don't look like actual slots.
Is yours polarized, or are the slots identical in size?
Look at the ones in my post above; some are polarized.Mine is actually polarized.
I could be wrong but the older version wasn't.