[Coco] BASIC format questions

[Steve Ostrom]

That sounds dangerous.  If gravity (or cat or kid) tugs down on a plug 
inserted into this socket, the ground pin will disconnect before the neutral 
and hot.  I'd vote for idiot contractor.

--- Steve ---


-----Original Message----- 
From: Gregory Law
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 4:27 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] BASIC format questions

Perhaps he should bring it to my house because every AC outlet here is
already polarized for Australia power. It's a real pain in the keester
dealing with upside down outlets, but either this was the building code
in effect at the time the house was built or the contractor was an
idiot. Given the many issues we've run into over the years (like five
nail holding the kitchen cabinets to the wall that eventually came
undone a couple years ago), I'm leaning towards the contractor was an
idiot.

On 3/14/2017 5:14:12 PM, "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

>On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 2:32 PM, John W. Linville
><linville at tuxdriver.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>  FWIW, I have British and French CoCo's, and even Welsh and Spanish
>>  Dragons. I have a Brasilian CP-400 as well. But I don't have any way
>>  to generate upside-down polarity power for Australian machines... ;-)
>>
>>
>I'm surprised the answer hasn't already occurred to you....
>
>You just go to the power outlet the Australian CoCo is to be plugged
>into,
>unscrew the face plate and the screws that hold the sockets in place,
>then
>turn the sockets upside down and reassemble the thing.  The hole for
>the
>ground connection on each socket will now be at the top instead of the
>bottom, so you know the polarity is now changed to upside down.
>
>Don't be embarrassed, the list is always ready to provide help for
>those in
>need due to lack of technical training.
>
>Art
>
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