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Re: Why choose 120 volts?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Hennigan)
Thu May 28 10:56:13 2009

Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 07:55:22 -0700
From: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <8B79B73777E7D544A24BEB8FC50D35DB598224@MERCURY.socrdu.com>
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Dave Larter wrote:
> I was referring to, when a 120v device is attached to the 5-15 end of
> the cord. On the inside of these grounded devices I often find that the
> neutral is tied to ground. 

Often???  Name one device designed that way.

And please tell us how well that device works when you plug it in to a 
GFCI-protected outlet in your kitchen.

I believe that you are very mistaken.

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