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Hey! Wait a minute! Is that a cheater plug in that picture? (#6)

Ian A.

You mean one of those 3-pin to 2-pin adapters?

Yup!!

yeah, that's a cheater, or otherwise know as an adaptor.... they almost irk me as much as when people just break the ground pin off. =( I remember once when I was a kid and we had a plumber snaking our mainline out, the plumber asked me to plug his cord in for him.. I told him it wouldn't go in without an adaptor.. he snapped the ground pin off and handed it back to me. I caught him somewhat offguard when I told him he might get electrocuted doing that.. then he still asked me to plug it in... hey, I was only about 6... who was I to judge

Actually Randy,
The fuseholder unit in that panel looks to be in pretty good condition for it's age.
I though that plug looked a little longer than what it should be.

It would be no good having CD instructions on a Panel these days.

I've seen those before, but they were branded Circle-F.

But it was also a lot more obvious! I guess it would have been easy for the meter reader to spot any manipulations!