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(DIR) Post #AxgBreZ077AzqVlckC by swelljoe@mas.to
2025-08-29T23:22:59Z
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When I bought this house, it had three refrigerators (one in the back house). All varying degrees of old, all cheap, but all working. I unplugged all but one, since it's just me and the dogs/cat. The one I was using died today. So, I plugged in the other one in the front house...also now seemingly dead. No sound and not getting cooler. So, now I've got to hope the one in the back house isn't also dead and figure out how to move it to the front. And, quickly, since all my food is thawing.
(DIR) Post #AxgBrff423cXFbbypk by swelljoe@mas.to
2025-08-29T23:23:30Z
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Past me has one again fucked me over, because the fridge in the back is completely surrounded by junk. I've been using the back house for storage.
(DIR) Post #AxgBrgY0jlZa01JrTk by swelljoe@mas.to
2025-08-30T01:02:33Z
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lol. The previous owner had one of these monstrosities on the fridge plug for reasons I can't fathom (the house is wired with three-prong grounded outlets everywhere). It was ancient and melted. I removed that adapter (non-trivial, as it was melted/corroded on) and the fridge fired right up. I mean, the compressor started, it didn't ignite.
(DIR) Post #AxgBrhJVt9ZQNLXnWK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-08-30T01:07:24Z
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@swelljoe You are supposed to put a little screw with a ground wire in that loop.I have NEVER seen this done.
(DIR) Post #AxgCF34h9E5qWhkPSK by swelljoe@mas.to
2025-08-30T01:11:41Z
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@futurebird yep, the ground tab was bent away from the outlet...guaranteeing no ground contact. People don't make sense. I used to work as a sound person and DJ and I can't count the number of times I was handed an extension cord with the ground pin ripped out, "to prevent hum". (I always used my own grounded extension cords, and if I needed a ground lift for hum, I had that capability in my DI).
(DIR) Post #AxgDiIUV0f1aguKOZ6 by leo@60228.dev
2025-08-30T01:28:07Z
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@futurebird @swelljoe there's a reason these are called "cheater plugs"
(DIR) Post #AxgECSsawvQ7b9z2kC by TerryHancock@realsocial.life
2025-08-30T01:33:36Z
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@futurebird @swelljoe I think I did it once. It's suppose to line up with the mounting screw for the cover plate, IIRC.
(DIR) Post #AxgeleSqT2IyTHNWFc by log@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-08-30T06:31:18Z
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@futurebird @swelljoe The only time I have seen this done is when I put the screw in myself.
(DIR) Post #AxgfeS5cB4ks1Edwno by j2bryson@mastodon.social
2025-08-30T06:41:13Z
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@futurebird @swelljoe my dad of grandpa taught me to do that so we had a few of these. Typically though not a screw through that loop but copper wire you then earth/ground somewhere — often by tying it to the screw holding the plastic outlet frame in if that screw connects to the metal frame of the power box the wires come through, which it did typically by the 1970s.