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That's it. There can be no more. Nothing can top that
And who needs that pesky ground?
And who needs that pesky ground?
Ya beat me to it. That was my thought also.
Come on. Just because the front recpt is backstabbed?That's it. There can be no more. Nothing can top that
To make it completely safe they should replace the inner receptacle with a GFCI.May not be a grounded circuit and they didn't want to waste wire.
They did provide some redundancy by bringing two "hots" and two "neutrals" to the extended device just in case...
Though we can only see the side that is supposed to be the ungrounded side, looks like the link between top and bottom receptacle is in place.Likely a switched outlet. Lol
Likely a switched outlet. Lol
Maybe they did attempt to remove it and the conductors were so short the device only pulled out a quarter inch max. Plan B was then followed.That's what I was going to suggest but I had to find a magnifying glass to see and I still can tell if that tab is broken. It doesn't look in good shape if it not broken.
Most of the time when I see these it's just long screws and likey no spacers with the cover plate being the only thing holding the receptacle as something is plugged in. These people didn't even attempt to remove the old receptacle and I do wonder why.
I have removed some old receptacles in basements (metal boxes in block) that when removeing the whole box would just crumble to rust and dust. Then the customer wonders why it takes so long to change out a receptacle.