peter d
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Are you surprised?
Wait till we move on to various device and plate colors.
No thanks. :happyno:
In a thread about........... 3-ways, no less............
The irony. :lol:
Three ways, the debate
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No thanks. :happyno:
The irony. :lol:
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Shall we discuss ground up/ground down?
Nope, a long prohibited topic here right along with union vs merit shops and politics.
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kwired
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When I was in High School we did an experiment in physics class on this. Our instructor lived about a block away from the school and wanted us to find out if he would be drier walking or running to work/home when it is raining. We took some big sheets of paper out in the rain and walked with some, ran with others. Our test results were that it didn't seem to matter very much - so he could walk or run, depending on his mood at the time and would likely be about the same wetness level.What I have always wondered is,, has the government done a multi million dollar study yet to find out if you actually get more wet running in to raindrops when you run or raindrops falling on your head when you walk.
kwired
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mixing white and almond cover plates with devices is much more noticeable then having all the screw slots lined up.Are you surprised?
Wait till we move on to various device and plate colors.
ptonsparky
Tom
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Once you get used to it, not noticed at all.
kwired
Electron manager
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- EC
My house is about 12 years old. All white devices and cover plates - though some of the receptacles that get UV exposure are definitely more yellowish then the plates that once were all the same color. A little surprised the wife hasn't made me change them yet.
K8MHZ
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You have your choice of Almond, Light Almond, Off White or Ivory...... all in the same box. :rant:
peter d
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Almond and light almond is the curse of all device colors. It's extremely uncommon in my area. I have never seen it installed in any of the homes I've worked in and I've only installed it once by request over 10 years ago.
mbrooke
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Some condos from the 80s have (had) them around here
Not even with age where everything yellows or greys do they mach.
peter d
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Some condos from the 80s have (had) them around here
Almond? It didn't exist as a color choice in the 80's. It was almost all ivory back then.
Had one guy tell us he wanted all brown.....
And his reasoning was that lighter colored devices/plates tended to get "dirtier" looking.
peter d
Senior Member
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Some condos from the 80s have (had) them around here
Iwire did a lot of condos in the 80's, maybe he knows more about this.
blkmagik21
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Frack I knew this was coming. I had an engineer pay me to do this in his house. I assured him it wouldn't work. Because after switching them a few times it would be both up for off as well. He had me do it anyway then accused me later that night of breaking into his home and changing them back.
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mbrooke
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Might have been ivory then. The colors look almost identical to me. But looking at those same switches today they seem to have yellowed quite a bit in hue.
kwired
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Even the stainless has yellowed?Might have been ivory then. The colors look almost identical to me. But looking at those same switches today they seem to have yellowed quite a bit in hue.
mbrooke
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- Technician
Even the stainless has yellowed?
:lol: No. Just that alot of those manila colored switches installed in some condos have appeared to have yellowed.
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