So went to a friends house...

[peter]

Whomever did some things right:
1] The loop on the screws is properly counter-clockwise.
2] The lilac wire is properly fastened to the gold plated screw.
The white wire with the thick insulation could be a high voltage wire such as that used to feed neon lights. As such it would be appropriate to have the hot or ungrounded conductor connected to the gold screw.
I noticed, however, that there is no ground wire. Now this is wrong and immoral.
Also I noticed that the tab was not broken off. If the intention was to provide an antenna feed to the receptacle [just add a plug to the end of the TV's coaxial cable and plug it into the correct slots], it would be preferable for some reason to keep the UHF signal separate from the 60 Hertz power feed.
~Peter

 

[tonyou812]

plug- noun. 1-and object used to stop up a hole

2-a small concretion or formation that stops up a
passage, duct etc

3-small wedge or segment cut from something as a
mellon to test its ripeness

4-a cake of pressed tobacco

5-an electrical device, as with projecting prongs
to be fitted into an "OUTLET"

the other 7 definitions from webster dictionary have nothing to do with electrical devices.

I hope this helps you in calling electrical devices by their proper names. Must be the water up in New England or something.

 

[dwellselectric]

What do you mean by "the same way"? Either one type of wire or the other, or both types in every run?

Added: Was this a DIY addition or porch enclosure?

Both types in every run. I couldn't believe it I didnt know what to say haha!

 

[electricalperson]

this job has peter d written all over it

 

[76nemo]

I have a REAL hard time believing this is real and not spoof. After seeing who this came from, I don't have any question what so ever that this is for real. Oh my gosh. This has to be published somewhere. The TV never kicked on until the t-stat closed:roll:

This is outrageous. OH MY,.........

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Well it goes to the TV...jeessh.

LOL...


If you lived in NY, you would see them all the time.

They are the TV monitered, thermostatically controlled receptacle devices.
One either has to use AFCIs or these types. I can see that guy must have been from NY...:grin:

 

[dwellselectric]

Yeah I figured move a few plugs up no problem about an hours work...... I still dont get who and why someone would do that?

 

[iwire]

The TV never kicked on until the t-stat closed:roll:

:grin: :grin:

 

[daleuger]

I ran into something similar like that in a house except hot and neutral were done right and somebody fished in coax to add grounds later on. The guy had a TV fried and didn't know why.