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Its not the right thing to do , but confess that I've resorted to pulling that saftey ground prong out with a pair of pliars
It only takes 10 minutes to change the outlet
If you don't have an adaptor around , you probably don't have a spare outlet put away either . Many older homes , like the one I grew up in , are not wired with the third , safety ground , wire . Changeing only the outlets in such homes actually only gives the user a greater risk of injuryor fire if the unlikely event of a short occurs . Adaptors aren't much better because nobody ever hooks that green wire to ground but ................................
I've always replaced the ends eventually , but several of my power tools have either accidently or intentionally had the safety prong broken off , [ sometimes left in an outlet as you unplug ] and operated for the remainder of the day or job .
Its not the right thing to do , but confess that I've resorted to pulling that saftey ground prong out with a pair of pliars
It only takes 10 minutes to change the outlet
If you don't have an adaptor around , you probably don't have a spare outlet put away either . Many older homes , like the one I grew up in , are not wired with the third , safety ground , wire . Changeing only the outlets in such homes actually only gives the user a greater risk of injuryor fire if the unlikely event of a short occurs . Adaptors aren't much better because nobody ever hooks that green wire to ground but ................................
I've always replaced the ends eventually , but several of my power tools have either accidently or intentionally had the safety prong broken off , [ sometimes left in an outlet as you unplug ] and operated for the remainder of the day or job .
