[Elecraft] AC Power for the Station

[Ralph Parker]

 >those "backstab" receptacles that electricians love to use because 
they are quick and easy do not have adequate contact stength and can 
overheat and cause voltage drops and a fire hazard.


Here's a weird one:
Two years ago, I bought a house that had been built in 1980, by the 
folks that I bought it from. No intermediate owners. Wired with copper 
wire (not aluminum). I'm replacing many of the AC receptacles because 
they are so loose that a plug falls right out of them. I've never seen 
that before. My previous house was built in 1970, and never had that 
receptacle problem, or in any other house I've ever lived in. Maybe a 
bunch of cheapy ones?

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