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#61499 01/27/06 03:34 PM
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Sven:

If Rona is selling them it must be old stock or a regional purchasing thing.

I was in the two large Rona Stores in Winnipeg since you posted this and neither of them had any of the cheaters for sale.

Also did not see them in the other major big box chain stores in Winnipeg either.

First time I remember seeing one is in the 60's when my dad bought one so he could use his new electric drill. Our house was built in the 50s and did not have grounded wiring.

#61500 01/27/06 08:18 PM
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Home Depot lists them as "Grounding Oulet Adapter. Converts 2 prong outlet to 3 prong outlet. Underwriters Laboratory Listed"

SKU 224676 69 cents apiece.

#61501 01/29/06 09:13 PM
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When I was in Ontario I saw a lot of those at dollar stores, pointed out to the store owners that they were illegal in Canada, and got the shrug 'we just sell them, we know nothing of this electrical code of which you speak' [Linked Image].

As gfretwell mentioned, unless there's a bodycount, nobody is going to enforce sadly.

#61502 01/30/06 11:17 AM
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What I wonder is....if they're illegal, how do they make it through Canadian Customs?

#61503 01/30/06 03:49 PM
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A number of things:

Customs doesn't search through everything.

They are liekly only looking at tax/duty value anyway.

They have "more illegal" product to search for.

Probably they do catch batches they do happen to inspect.

[This message has been edited by classicsat (edited 01-30-2006).]

#61504 01/30/06 05:58 PM
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I don't even see what grounds Canadian customs could use to sieze these things. They may be non code conforming but that doesn't make them "illegal".
The current code is dead front plug caps but I still see dusty old plugs with screws and a fiber washer on the shelf.
They also still sell edison base fuses (not S type)


Greg Fretwell
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