[GreenKeys] Not mine, but interesting perforator.

[Doug Alderdice]

At that price I am glad that I don't need any!

73,
Doug, KA2WFT


On 5/19/2020 10:23 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> Only one left!!!
> 
> Order now!!
> 
> 
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
> 
> On 19-May-20 10:07, Steve Garrison wrote:
>>
>> You won’t believe the price I found for one  on Amazon!
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Hubbell-HBL5289-Adapter-125V-5-15R/dp/B00N8ZC4A8
>>
>> Steve G./N4TTY
>>
>> *From:* greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
>> <greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> *On Behalf Of *w9ddd at tapr.org
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 19, 2020 7:57 AM
>> *Cc:* greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] Not mine, but interesting perforator.
>>
>> By golly the adapter is still in the Hubbell catalog, *HBL5289. They 
>> even call it crow foot to NEMA 5-15R adapter.*
>>
>> John, W9DDD
>>
>>
>> On May 19, 2020, at 6:38 AM, "w9ddd at tapr.org <mailto:w9ddd at tapr.org>" 
>> <w9ddd at tapr.org <mailto:w9ddd at tapr.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     You've reminded me of a situation at a former employer.  They had
>>     used that 3 pin DC connector like our current U ground AC
>>     connector.  The electrical maintenance guys referred to it as a
>>     crowfoot. This was a facility that was built in 1908.  Even parts
>>     of the campus built in the fifties had these receptacles. The
>>     company stock room "sold" a lot of adapters between the newer
>>     grounding AC connector and the crowfoot.  I think the adapter was
>>     a standard Hubbell offering.  I wonder if they still list it.
>>
>>     I always wondered if this was used in other industrial facilities
>>     as an AC connector and if so why Teletype used it for DC.
>>
>>     John, W9DDD