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Originally posted by XFS03
If you're in the electrical installation trade, why don't you give Xaccers a definitive answer. He is making a valid point...if the mains is ac, why should it matter if the pins are reversed?
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I did
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Also why laugh at his comment about many appliances not using the earth pin?
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The only part I was laughing at was this
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We have three pins cos one of them is the earth to give a bit of protection.
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The word
bit seemed funny to me because that is your
only protection against electric shock should a fault to earth occur.
As for the rest of Xaccers questions, they have been cleared up by other people.